Citation

Ogawa Y, Sato H, Yamamoto M, Tada H, Hashimoto T. Epilepsy Behav. Case Rep. 2015; 4: 82-83.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ebcr.2015.08.001

PMID

26543811

PMCID

PMC4565018

Abstract

We report on a patient with Amanita pantherina poisoning who showed a burst suppression pattern on electroencephalography during a comatose state. The patient recovered without sequelae a week after ingestion. Burst suppression pattern is defined as alternating bursts and periods of electrical silence, and it is associated with comatose states of various causes. The major toxins contained in A. pantherina are ibotenic acid, an excitatory amino acid at the glutamate receptors, and muscimol, an agonist of the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors. Alteration of the synaptic transmission in the central nervous system by these toxins may lead to a burst suppression pattern.

Language: en