Borade P S, Ballary C C, Lee D K C
Department of Internal Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Resuscitation. 2007 Jan;72(1):158-60. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.021. Epub 2006 Nov 2.
Seafood-borne illnesses are a common but under recognised source of morbidity. We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented to hospital after collapsing in a restaurant following lunch consisting of mackerel fish. A detailed food history and clinical exclusion helped diagnose the condition as scombroid poisoning. The patient made a complete recovery following antihistamine therapy.