Citation

Kumar A, Bhavsar C, Aggarwal P, Jamshed N. Int. J. Appl. Basic Med. Res. 2017; 7(3): 207-209.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, MedKnow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_271_16

PMID

28904926

PMCID

PMC5590389

Abstract

Acute methemoglobinemia secondary to nitrobenzene ingestion is a rare but well-known clinical entity. It is extremely important to identify such patients as rapid and effective management with methylene blue and other supportive measures will often save these lives. We present a rare and unfortunate case of a girl who developed acute toxic brain injury following nitrobenzene ingestion and succumbed.

Language: en

Keywords

Emergency physician; methemoglobinemia; methylene blue; nitrobenzene poisoning; toxic brain injury