Citation

DeFusco DJ, O'Dowd P, Hokama Y, Ott BR. Am. J. Med. 1993; 95(2): 240-243.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Roger Williams Medical Center, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02908.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8356991

Abstract

A patient is presented who developed an acute gastrointestinal and neurologic syndrome progressing to coma after ingestion of a fish soup made in Rhode Island. Laboratory studies confirmed the clinical diagnosis of ciguatera poisoning. Physicians should be aware of the diagnostic features of this disease even in non-endemic areas.

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