Citation

Soyuncu S, Bektaş F, Isik S, Yigit O. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 2011; 30(4): 335-337.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0960327110386393

PMID

20930025

Abstract

Favism is an acute hemolytic syndrome occurring in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals after the consumption of fava beans. The highest incidence is in boys aged 2-6 years. We report a 56-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with recurrent syncope attacks due to favism. In our knowledge, this is the first report of favism-caused syncope in an adult patient without a G6PD deficiency diagnosis in the past and diagnosed in ED.

Language: en