Ciguatera fish poisoning
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
We report three cases of ciguatera fish poisoning. One patient died secondary to respiratory failure. Two patients showed elevated muscle enzymes and one patients had an abnormal cervical spinal MRI. MRI findings have not been previously described. MRI findings explain the mechanism of the L’hermitte phenomenon (a common complaint) among these patients. Respiratory failure is rare in ciguatera ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.889.678