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

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

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

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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.

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