Authors: K. Trejbal; P. Jarčuška; B. Bodnárová; P. Moščovič Authors‘ workplace: I. interná klinika, FN Louisa Pasteura, Košice prednostka kliniky prof. MUDr. I. Lazúrová, CSc. Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2006; 86(1): 25-28 Category: Case Report
Acute failure of the liver is a rare and exceptionally serious pathological state. It frequently affects healthy individuals and is most often fatal. In the present paper attention is drawn to a hitherto less noticed group of hepatotoxic substances – herbal products, which in view of their unrestricted availability and insufficient information among the lay as well as the professional public, present a potentially great health risk. Presented is a case report of a patient – an alternative medicine healer in whom fatal acute hepatic failure was most probably caused namely by herbal products.
Key words: acute failure liver – venous occlusive liver disease – pyrolizidine alkaloids – herbal products – alternative medicine.
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