Self-poisoning with Colchicum autumnale L. flowers

Report: A 44-year-old man ingested about 40 flowers of Colchicum autumnale L. The patient presented with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain 2 hours after ingestion and had diarrhea 14 hours after ingestion. Hematological va lues remained within normal range. Treatment was mainly supportive. The out come was favorable. The intoxication was confirmed by. high-performance liq uid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Maximal colchicine levels were 4.34 n g/mL at 13 hours in plasma and 5.43 ng/mL at 16 hours in erythrocytes. Conc lusion: We report one of the few symptomatic cases of Colchicum autumnale L . poisoning confirmed by toxicological analysis.