A 36 yo male presents to the ED in Turkey with complaints of weakness, muscle pain and dark urine. What did he ingest?
Quail meat. Coturnix coturnix coturnix is a small migratory quail and toxicity is associated with the European subspecies. Consumption of these birds can cause a toxic myopathy with acute rhabdomyolysis termed coturnism.
Yeung KA et al. Avian Toxins and Poisoning Mechanisms. JMT 2022. Published online 26 April 2022.
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