Citation

Nahrir S, Sinha S, Siddiqui KA. BMJ Case Rep. 2012; 2012(online): online.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bcr-02-2012-5926

PMID

22783001

Abstract

Brake fluid (glycol-based) toxicity is known to have a protean of central and peripheral nervous system manifestations. The principal component of this household poison is ethylene glycol. Toxic effect is generally attributed to peri-vascular deposition of calcium oxalate crystals in various tissues. However, clinical features resembling brain death have rarely been reported. We report a case of brake fluid toxicity simulating brain death in a 21-year-old healthy man who ingested it as a recreational agent.

Language: en