TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Deadly outcome after ingestion of squirting cucumber
JO  - Ugeskrift for Laeger
A1  - Patabendige, Sanjeewa H. M.
A1  - Svendsen, Jesper Brink
A1  - Kampmann, Jan Dominik
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VL  - 181
IS  - 17
N2  - In this case report, an 83-year-old woman with dementia was admitted to hospital with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her medical history included dementia, atrial fibrillation and seizures. She had accidentally ingested a kind of "fruit", which was used as part of a flower decoration in her room. When admitted, she was in hypovolaemic shock and hypoxic. The ingested "fruit" was identified as squirting cucumber: Ecballium elaterium, which is known to cause vomiting and diarrhoea, according to the Danish poison centre. The patient's condition deteriorated despite intravenously given fluid and antibiotic treatment for a suspected aspiration pneumonia. She died two hours after admission.<p />  <p>Language: da</p>
LA  - da
SN  - 0041-5782
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -