TY - JOUR TT - Ecbalium Elaterium Kullanımına Bağlı Gelişen Uvular Ödem: Olgu Sunumu AU - Aydın, İrfan AU - Karadaş, Sevdegül AU - Gönüllü, Hayriye AU - Selvi, Fatih PY - 2012 DA - April JF - Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports PB - Acil Tıp Uzmanları Derneği WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-9934 SP - 49 EP - 51 VL - 3 IS - 2 KW - Ecbalium elaterium KW - acil servis KW - uvular ödem N2 - In recent years, herbal medicine use has become frequent among the public as alternative medical treatment. People use many plants and herbs to treat the symptoms of diseases. However, many cases of life-threatening side effects of such drugs have been reported in the literature. In this study, a patient who administered drops of Ecbalium elaterium juice into his nose for the treatment of sinusitis and developed uvular edema is presented with a review of the literatüre CR - Mantle D, Gok MA, Lennard TW. Adverse and beneficial effects of plant extracts on skin and skin disorders. Adverse Drug React Toxicol Rev 2001; 20: 89-103. CR - Ekici M, Satılmış A, Ay YD. Ecbalium Elaterium (L.) Meyvelerinin Sinüzite Karşı Kullanımı.Ekoloji Çevre Dergisi 1998; 7: 24-5. CR - Tunçok Y, Kalyoncu Nİ. T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Zehirlenmeler Tanı ve Teda- vi Rehberleri 2008. Özkan Matbaacılık Ankara. Sf:171. CR - Bozkurt Ş. Bitki ve Tohumların Neden Olduğu Zehirlenmeler. Acilde Kli- nik Toksikoloji. Ed. Satar S. sf:655. 2009 Adana Nobel Kitabevi. CR - Eken C, Özbek K, Yıldırım CK, Eray O. Severe uvular edema and nasal mucosal necrozis due to Ecbalium elaterium (squirting cucumber): An allergic reacti- on or direkt toxic effect. Clinical Toxicology 2008; 46: 257-8. [CrossRef] UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jemcr/issue//535333 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/662968 ER -