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- Title
Toxicities of raw Alocasia odora.
- Authors
Moon, Jeong Mi; Lee, Byeong Kook; Chun, Byeong Jo
- Abstract
Alocasia, the Araceae family, is a genus of more than 100 species of perennial, herbaceous, diminutive to extremely large, usually robust herbs with a clear-to-milky latex. They are distributed throughout subtropical and tropical Asia and in the tropical western pacific as well as eastern Australia. Despite easy access to A odora, there have been no published reports in English regarding the toxic symptoms following the ingestion of raw A odora. Here, the clinical manifestations of 2 patients that ingested raw A odora are described. Two patients experienced oral numbness and intractable tongue pain, and 1 patient required endotracheal intubation because of upper respiratory tract obstruction. Although conservative treatment is the primary approach to A odora poisoning, physicians should be aware of the potential for upper respiratory obstruction in patients exposed to A odora, as well as the need for controlling tongue pain.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; TOXICOLOGY of poisonous plants; COLOCASIA; HERBACEOUS plants; CALCIUM oxalate; DIEFFENBACHIA; PLANT species
- Publication
Human & Experimental Toxicology, 2011, Vol 30, Issue 10, p1720
- ISSN
0960-3271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0960327110393760