ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: A Toxic Tuber
Improper preparation of this food causes poisoning from which toxic compound?
- Atropine
- Cicutoxin
- Cyanide
- Oxalic acid
Image from Wikimedia Commons [1]
ACMT Visual Pearl: If the Glove Fits
What medication given intravenously can cause the pictured finding?
- Carbamazepine
- Levetiracetam
- Phenytoin
- Valproic Acid
Image from Dr. Fabio Corsi, MD [1]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Where There’s Air, There’s Fire
What chemical substance is used to produce this smoke screen?
- Cesium
- Polyvinyl Chloride
- White Phosphorous
- Wood Ash
[Image from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wikimedia Commons]
ACMT Visual Pearl: Seabather’s Eruption: The unexpected beach burn
What organism causes seabather’s eruption?
- Jellyfish
- Nematodes
- Portuguese man-of-war
- Stonefish
[Author’s own image]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Hiss-teria Averted
What is the predominant clinical effect of envenomation by this snake?
- Acute hepatic failure leading to coagulopathy
- Direct cardiotoxicity leading to arrhythmias
- Profound neuromuscular paralysis
- Rapid onset of shock and multisystem organ failure
[Image courtesy of iStock. ID: 1311554579]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: A “Purplexing” Finding
What is most likely responsible for this urinary discoloration seen in a critically ill patient in the ICU?
- Beet consumption
- Medication effect
- Porphyria
- Rhabdomyolysis
[Authors own image]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Household Plant Gone Wrong
What toxic substance found in common houseplants (such as this one pictured) causes intense irritation of skin and mucous membranes?
- Calcium oxalate
- Lycorine
- Oxalic acid
- Terpene
[Left image from Dr. Bryant Allen, MD, and right image from AJ West -Wikimedia Commons]