Fulminating hepatitis caused by glue thistle (Atractylis glummifera-L.) , poisoning. Anatomo-pathological study of 4 cases

Lemaigre, G.; Tebbi, Z.; Galinsky, R.; Michowitcz, S.; Abelanet, R.

La Nouvelle Presse Medicale 4(40): 2565-2568

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1518
PMID: 1215192
Document Number: 89695
The toxicity of the "glue thistle" is well known in Algeria. 10 children were involved in a case of collective poisoning. Only two survived. Histo-pathological studies were made in four cases, the clinical and histological picture being that of a fulminating hepatitis with major hepatocellular necrosis.

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