Ostreopsis sp., a possible origin of palytoxin (PTX) in parrotfish Scarus ovifrons.

A clone of toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis sp. and six specimens of a parrotfish Scarus ovifrons were collected in October 1997 at Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Ostreopsis sp.

Occurrence of a food poisoning incident by palytoxin from a serranid Epinephelus sp. in Japan.

Between October 30 and November 4, 2000, eleven persons were intoxicated due to ingestion of a serranid fish Epinephelus sp. in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Their symptoms were mainly featured by severe muscle pain, low back pain, and discharge of black urine.

The long lasting effects of peripheral nerve blocks for trigeminal neuralgia using high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine.

The management of trigeminal neuralgia in older patients who do not want neurolytic block and/or surgical treatment may be problematic. This paper describes three patients who had first and/or second division trigeminal neuralgia. The analgesic effects of infraorbital nerve block using 0.