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Coma due to ciguatera poisoning in Rhode Island
D J DeFusco1, P O'Dowd, Y Hokama
1Department of Medicine, Roger Williams Medical Center, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02908.
The American Journal of Medicine
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
A patient is presented who developed an acute gastrointestinal and neurologic syndrome progressing to coma after ingestion of a fish soup made in Rhode Island. Laboratory studies confirmed the clinical diagnosis of ciguatera poisoning. Physicians should be aware of the diagnostic features of this disease even in non-endemic areas.