Acute cyanide intoxication related to apricot seed: the findings of cranial magnetic resonance imaging [Kayısı çekirdeğine bağlı akut siyanür intoksikasyonu: Beyin manyetik rezonans görüntüleme bulguları]

Cyanide is a strong poison which acts rapidly and which may lead to death in minutes even at low doses. the substance of amigdaline which is found in seeds of fruit including plum,cherry,apricot,peach and bitter almond can be converted into hydrogen cyanide in the stomach. cyanide intoxications are rarely observed following the ingestion of food products that contain cyanide glycosides. brain magnetic resonance imaging was performed 9 days after intoxication in a 3.5-year old male patient in whom cyanide poisoning developed as a result of intake of apricot seed. on brain magnetic resonance imaging,hemorrhagic damage was found in bilateral lentiform nuclei and damage was found in the caudate nuclei. our aim was to present magnetic resonance imaging findings related to cyanide poisoning which occurred after the ingestion of apricot seed. © 2016,ege university press. all right reserved.