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[Deadly outcome after ingestion of squirting cucumber].

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In this case report, an 83-year-old woman with dementia was admitted to hospital with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her medical history included dementia, atrial fibrillation and seizures. She had accidentally ingested a kind of "fruit", which was used as part of a flower decoration in her room.

Ecbalium elaterium (squirting cucumber)--remedy or poison?

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BACKGROUND Ecbalium elaterium is a plant endemic to the Mediterranean basin. Its roots and cucumber-shaped fruit have been used in folk medicine since antiquity. The alleged uses of the fruit juice are as a potent cathartic, analgesic, and antiinflammatory agent. Cucurbitacin B, a triterpene

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