Severe rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and posterior encephalopathy after ???magic mushroom??? abuse
European Journal of Emergency Medicine November 7, 2005 Markus Bickel, Tilmann Ditting, Henrik Watz et al. 36 citations
We report the case of a 25-year-old, hepatitis C-infected man, who presented with severe rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, and later developed posterior encephalopathy with cortical blindness after the ingestion of magic mushrooms. Conventional respiratory and cardiovascular support including mechanical ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis and corticosteroids led to...