Citation

Spoerke DG, Murphy MM, Wruk KM, Rumack BH. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1988; 26(5-6): 397-406.

Affiliation

Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80204-4507.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3193493

Abstract

Various Thermopsis species are found in the foothills and plains of the Rocky Mountains. There are no reported cases of human ingestion to Thermopsis reported in the literature. We report 5 cases of ingestion of seeds or flowers where the primary symptoms were nausea, vomiting and headache of several hours duration. As few as 6 seeds produced symptoms. The common names used by parents when calling the poison center could have easily lead to misidentification and a careful history and subsequent professional identification were required to ascertain the actual plant involved.

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