TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Brake fluid toxicity feigning brain death
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Nahrir, Shahpar
A1  - Sinha, Shobhit
A1  - Siddiqui, Khurram A.
SP  - online
EP  - online
VL  - 2012
IS  - online
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-02-2012-5926
ID  - ref1
ER  -