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]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Skin Lesions
Which of the following chronic exposures could produce lesions such as this on the hands, feet, and trunk?
- Inorganic arsenic
- Iron
- Lead
- Mercury
[Image from Wikimedia Commons]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl – Along Comes a Spider
What is this pictured spider that can inflict a deadly bite?
- Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus mactans)
- Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa)
- Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
- Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus)
[Image from thebeachcomber, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Lye to the Eye
What caustic exposure from the pictured item can lead to ocular injury?
- Acetic Acid
- Hydrofluoric Acid
- Potassium Hydroxide
- Sodium Hydroxide
[Image from Istockphoto]