Case of the month: Lesson of the week: don't forget scombroid

H R Guly; I C Grant

doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039727

Case of the month: Lesson of the week: don't forget scombroid

Emerg Med J. 2006 Dec;23(12):955-6. doi: 10.1136/emj.2006.039727.

Authors

H R Guly¹, I C Grant

Affiliation

¹ Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. henry.guly@phnt.swest.nhs.uk

Abstract

We describe five cases of scombroid that presented as one incident. We discuss the aetiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment of this condition.

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Histamine / analysis
Humans
Male
Marine Toxins / poisoning*
Middle Aged
Seafood / analysis
Seafood / poisoning*
Tuna*

Substances

Marine Toxins
scombrotoxin
Histamine