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MARTINEZ RICARDO, José. Sea water fish poisoning, case presentation. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.4, pp. 487-490. ISSN 1729-519X.

A case of 34 years old male patient is presented that went to the department of the Gibara Hospital, Holguin County intoxicated specifically by the consumption of fresh fish known as Sierra (perticnis Pertinata), the process corresponded with the diagnosis of Ciguatera. During colonization a farmowner described his disease after eating a coast fish as "Sea Water poisoning", and one of his apprentice man(also sick) named the disease ( Ciguatera)" as a Creole name for it, never known or recognized in Cuba For the creation of this article, available bibliography sources were revised in our libraries, as well as the databases in infomed, as a results: Outstanding atypical clinical manifestations of the illness and other are described with the revised bibliography, as well as its genesis and evolution.

Palabras clave : Sea Water fish poisoning; Clinical presentation; Ethiology.

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