A Surviving Child from Acute Liver Failure after an Ingestion of Cassia occidentalis Seeds

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Songpon Getsuwan, Pornthep Tanpowpong, Satariya Trakulsrichai, Pattana Sornmayura, Suporn Treepongkaruna
• مؤلفون آخرون: Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
• التنسيق: مقال
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Medicine
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/78788
• المؤسسة: Mahidol University

Cassia occidentalis toxicity is thought to be uncommon; however, several cases have been described with acute hepatomyoencephalopathy with a high-mortality rate. We report a previously healthy, 2-year-old girl who developed acute liver failure after fresh seed ingestion. Without a specific antidote,...