Filiz Banu ÇETİNKAYA ETHEMOLU, Gülsüm KAVALCI, Cengizhan EMRE, Cem AKMAN

ATROPA BELLADONNA (GÜZEL AVRAT OTU) YAPRAKLARI PİŞİRİLİRSE NE OLUR?: ANTİKOLİNERJİK TOKSİK SENDROM OLGUSU

Atropa Belladonna (güzel avrat otu) ile gelişen zehirlenmeler antikolinerjik sendroma yol açabilmektedir. Bitkinin yüksek miktardaalınması letarji, koma ve hatta ölümle sonuçlanabilen ciddi klinik tabloya neden olabilir. Antikolinerjik Toksik Sendrom (ATS) ;atropin içeren bazı bitkilerin çeşitli şekillerde ve yollarla tüketilmesi veya psikoaktif ilaçların (antipsikotikler, fenotiazinler,butirofenonlar, trisiklik antidepresan ilaçlar) yüksek dozda kullanımı ile gelişebilmektedir (1). Bu olgu sunumunda ülkemizdegüzel avrat otu olarak bilinen bitkinin meyvesinin bol miktarda yenmesi sonucu gelişen ciddi antikolinerjik sendromu olgusunupaylaşmayı amaçladık

WHAT HAPPENS IF ATROPA BELLADONNA LEAVES (DEADLY NIGHTSHADE) COOKED? ANTICHOLINERGIC TOXIC SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT

Atropa Belladonna related poisoning may lead to anticholinergic syndrome. Ingestion of high amounts of the plant may causelethargy, coma, and even a serious clinical picture that could lead to death. In case of excitability and confusion as well as somnolenceor coma of uncertain aetiology an anticholinergic syndrome caused by ingestion of atropine-containing plants or psychoactivedrugs (antipsychotics, phenothiazines, butyrophenones, tricyclic antidepressants) should be included in the differential diagnosis.In this case report, we aim to share a case of anticholinergic syndrome that developed soon after the ingestion of cooked leaves ofthe so called "Deadly Nightshade" in our country

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