Fulminant Hepatic Failure Attributed to Ackee Fruit Ingestion in a Patient with Sickle Cell Trait

Fulminant Hepatic Failure Attributed to Ackee Fruit Ingestion in a Patient with Sickle Cell Trait

We report a case of fulminant liver failure resulting in emergent liver transplantation following 3 weeks of nausea, vomiting, and malaise from Jamaican Vomiting Sickness. Jamaican Vomiting Sickness is caused by ingestion of the unripe arils of the Ackee fruit, its seeds and husks. It is characteriz...

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Main Authors:	Dianne E. Grunes, Irini Scordi-Bello, Matthew Suh, Sander Florman, Jonathan Yao, Maria Isabel Fiel, Swan N. Thung
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/739238

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