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1: Ren Fail. 2002 May;24(3):379-82.Links

Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) intoxication: an important cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure.

Chang CT, Chen YC, Fang JT, Huang CC.

Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Star fruit intoxication is a rare cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure. Most cases in the literature are uremic patients on maintenance dialysis. We present a patient with chronic renal failure, who was not on dialysis program yet, suffered from star fruit intoxication with presentation of consciousness disturbance and successfully managed by a session of hemodialysis.

PMID: 12166706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]