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Case Reports
Severe rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and posterior encephalopathy after 'magic mushroom' abuse.
- Markus Bickel, Tilmann Ditting, Henrik Watz, Alexander Roesler, Stefan Weidauer, Volkmar Jacobi, Saskia Gueller, Christoph Betz, Stephan Fichtlscherer, and Juergen Stein.
- Department of Internal Medicine (ICU), J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany. markusbickel@hotmail.com
- Eur J Emerg Med. 2005 Dec 1; 12 (6): 306-8.
AbstractWe report the case of a 25-year-old, hepatitis C-infected man, who presented with severe rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, and later developed posterior encephalopathy with cortical blindness after the ingestion of magic mushrooms. Conventional respiratory and cardiovascular support including mechanical ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis and corticosteroids led to improvement and the patient recovered completely over the following months. Magic mushrooms are becoming increasingly fashionable among drug users, as they are believed to be more harmless than other hallucinogenic designer drugs. So far, little is known about their possible severe side effects.
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