We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who was accidentally poisoned when size ingested choke cherries whose pulp contained cyanide, and describe the acute clinical picture, the neurological sequelae and the neuroradiological findings. After recovery from coma the patient showed signs of a parkinsonian syndrome, retrobulbar neuritis and sensory-motor neuropathy. MRI showed abnormal signal intensities involving the basal ganglia. Since no memory deficits were observed, we argue that the parkinsonian syndrome was caused by cyanide intoxication rather than by subcortical damage due to hypoxia.

Accidental choke cherry poisoning: Early symptoms and neurological sequelae of an unusual case of cyanide intoxication / Pentore, R; Venneri, Annalena; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-0461. - 17:(1996), pp. 233-235.

Accidental choke cherry poisoning: Early symptoms and neurological sequelae of an unusual case of cyanide intoxication

VENNERI, Annalena;
1996-01-01

Abstract

We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who was accidentally poisoned when size ingested choke cherries whose pulp contained cyanide, and describe the acute clinical picture, the neurological sequelae and the neuroradiological findings. After recovery from coma the patient showed signs of a parkinsonian syndrome, retrobulbar neuritis and sensory-motor neuropathy. MRI showed abnormal signal intensities involving the basal ganglia. Since no memory deficits were observed, we argue that the parkinsonian syndrome was caused by cyanide intoxication rather than by subcortical damage due to hypoxia.
1996
Accidental choke cherry poisoning: Early symptoms and neurological sequelae of an unusual case of cyanide intoxication / Pentore, R; Venneri, Annalena; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-0461. - 17:(1996), pp. 233-235.
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