Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.

Toxic encephalopathy due to colchicine--Gloriosa superba poisoning.

Gloriosa superba, a flowering plant widespread in South and Southeast Asia, is implicated in many cases of self-poisoning. Colchicine is concentrated in the seeds and tubers and this mediates its toxicity. We describe a 28-year-old woman who developed delayed encephalopathy after eating G superba tubers. MR scan of brain showed bilateral symmetrical T2 basal ganglia hyperintensities in the caud...

Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Background: Glyphosate containing herbicides are widely used the world over. They are marketed as nontoxic to humans, but numerous studies have showed that these glyphosate-based herbicides (GlySH) can cause multiorgan damage.1 Recent reports of animal studies on rats have raised a doubt of liver damage after long term exposure to GlySH. Case Presentation: a young male had chronic exposure to G...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Case of Poisoning by Gloriosa Superba

GLORIOSA SUPERBA. By Hem Chunder Bhuttaciiarjee, M.B. Sub-Assistant Surgeon, Baraitch. GrLOMOSA SUPERBA, a handsome climbing plant of the natural order Lilliaceae, is widely distributed throughout the greater portion of India. In Bengal it is called ugni shiJcha,; in Northern India it is known by the names of Jcureearee and singia. The root is generally used for purposes of poisoning ; it resem...

Niyangala (Gloriosa Superba) Poisoning Complicated with SIADH

Colchicine cardiotoxicity following ingestion of Gloriosa superba tubers.

The clinical features of colchicine toxicity in a patient following ingestion of Gloriosa superba tubers are described. Gastroenteritis, acute renal failure, cardiotoxicity and haematological abnormalities were the main toxic manifestations. There was no hypotension and no neurological manifestations. Electrocardiographic changes were noteworthy and have not been reported previously.