TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Life-threatening corrosive injury with hepato-renal-pulmonary failure in boric acid poisoning
JO  - Postgraduate medical journal
A1  - Singh, Harpreet
A1  - Dhibar, Deba Prasad
A1  - Naidu, G. S. R. S. N. K.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A young female presented with burning sensation, ulceration of mouth and oral cavity following the intake of uncooked rice after a quarrel with her parents. Further enquiry revealed that they used boric acid powder as insecticide to preserve the rice. Clinically, she had extensive ulceration with congestion involving the buccal mucosa of lips, oral cavity and tongue (figure 1). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy also revealed extensive corrosive injury with ulceration, mucosal hyperaemia and slough formation involving oropharynx, oesophagus and stomach, for which nasojejunal tube was placed for nutritional supplementation. She also developed acute hepatitis (aspartate aminotransferase 117 U/L, alanine aminotransferase 215 U/L, bilirubin 5.9 mg/dL) with acute renal failure (blood urea …<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0032-5473
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138470
ID  - ref1
ER  -