Cutaneous bullae in coma due to poisoning.

Prolonged Coma in Barbiturate Poisoning

In 1954 the recorded deaths from barbiturate poisoning in England and ^ were 574 and non-fatal cases were assessed as 6,000 (Locket, 1956). In spite of large number of reported cases in the literature, there were few in which coma1 prolonged for more than a week. The Medical Journal of Australia (1934) menti"' a case of ten days' duration, McElligott (1955) cited another of ten days, Shulman^ (...

Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis with generalized bullae.

We report on a 9-month-old female infant with multiple tense bullae and erosions covering the entire body, including the face, scalp, and trunk. The histopathological examination revealed sub-epidermal bullae with a dense dermal cellular infiltrate. The infiltrate was identified as a collection of mast cells using toluidine blue and Giemsa stains. The direct immunofluorscence was negative. A di...

[Alcoholic coma by accidental poisoning in children].

Among comas of toxic origin, in children, alcoholic coma due to accidental poisoning is uncommon compared with comas due to drugs or household products. It is however important to make an early diagnosis, for this is a severe from of poisoning, liable to cause irreversible cerebral lesions if not treated very quickly. It almost always causes a flask coma, without localising signs, hypothermia a...

Coma due to malplaced external ventricular drain.

Ventriculostomy or external ventricular drain (EVD) placement by free-hand technique has a high malplacement rate. It is a blind procedure that often requires multiple attempts and revisions. To date, no neurological complication due to EVD malplacement has been reported in the literature. In this report, we present the first case of coma induced by a malplaced EVD and the patient regained cons...

Hyperprocalcitonemia due to mushroom poisoning.