Citation

Cassidy DE, Drewry J, Fanning JP. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1982; 19(1): 35-44.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6759681

Abstract

A 59-yr-old male ingested 10 g of podophyllum in a fatal suicide attempt. Previously unreported nuclear and cytoplasmic changes were observed in circulating leukocytes. Symptoms did not occur until 10 h after ingestion with loss of reflexes, coma, and a marked lactic acidosis. Despite hemoperfusion, the patient expired 39 h after ingestion. The literature on podophyllum toxicity is reviewed.

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