Acute Fish Liver Intoxication: Report of Three Cases

    September 1999 in “ PubMed ”
    Y K Chiu, Mei‐Shu Lai, Jcm Ho, J B Chen
    TLDR Eating grouper fish liver can cause vitamin A poisoning with severe symptoms.
    The document reported on three cases of acute fish liver intoxication after consuming the liver of the grouper fish Cephalopholis boenak, which is high in vitamin A. The patients experienced symptoms similar to acute hypervitaminosis A, including dizziness, headache, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, fever, and skin desquamation. One patient had severe symptoms, including high fever, generalized pain, and skin vesicles, and later developed hair loss and skin peeling. The intoxication was rare, particularly in subtropical regions, and ethanol might have exacerbated the condition. Treatment was mainly supportive.
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