Citation

Kamijo Y, Soma K, Asari Y, Ohwada T. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1998; 36(1-2): 27-29.

Affiliation

Kitasato University, Sagamihara Kanagawa, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9541037

Abstract

CASE REPORT: A 23-year-old male pharmacist ingested 1040 mg arsenic trioxide (788 mg trivalent arsenic, 13 mg/kg). After 7 asymptomatic hours, frequent vomiting and diarrhea occurred. Fearing death from shock, he drank 5 L of water over 5 hours. When he was brought to our hospital with chief complaint of constricted vision about 20 hours after ingestion, the major abdominal symptoms had already subsided. Despite a lethal plasma arsenic on admission, all toxic symptoms including hepatic dysfunction, erythematous dermal eruption, and peripheral neuropathy improved during his hospital stay with no treatment except for dimercaptopropanol.

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