Magic truffle intoxication: A case report
Emergency Care Journal June 27, 2022 Brendan Le Daré, Romain Pelletier, Aurélien Couette et al. 1 citation
A 20-year-old man arrived at an emergency department in a state of euphoria, disorientation, intense visual hallucinations, episodic amnesia, and agitation requiring physical restraint after consuming an unusual form of hallucinogenic mushroom. The patient's family brought intact specimens, but no health professional could identify them. Toxicological screening detected psilocin in both the patient's urine and the mushrooms, guiding identification toward the Psilocybes genus. Ten hours after ingestion, the patient was discharged asymptomatic. Recognizing unusual forms of hallucinogenic mushrooms may help emergency physicians improve diagnosis and management, especially since hallucinogenic substances are not routinely tested in toxicological analyses.