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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep;64(9):1078-80.

Mad honey intoxication mimicking acute coronary syndrome

Ali Dur, Ertan Sonmez, Cemil Civelek, Kenan AhmetTurkdogan, Mehmet AkifVatankulu, Ozgur Sogut
  • PMID: 25823192
Case Reports

Mad honey intoxication mimicking acute coronary syndrome

Ali Dur et al. J Pak Med Assoc. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Mad honey intoxication or grayanotoxin poisoning is caused by consumption of grayanotoxin-containing toxic honey produced from leaves and flowers of the Rhododendron family. Despite the rarity of intoxication cases, the correct diagnosis and treatment are required because of the significance of haemodynamic disturbance and confounding of symptoms for disease identification. We report herein a case of a patient with mad honey intoxication mimicking acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and review the pathophysiology and diagnostic considerations.

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