A successfully treated case of criminal thallium poisoning

Tetsuya Yumoto; Kohei Tsukahara; Hiromichi Naito; Atsuyoshi Iida; Atsunori Nakao

doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/24286.9494

A successfully treated case of criminal thallium poisoning

Tetsuya Yumoto, Kohei Tsukahara, Hiromichi Naito, Atsuyoshi Iida, Atsunori Nakao

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Abstract

Thallium was once commonly used as a household rodent or ant killer, but many countries have banned such use due to unintentional or criminal poisonings of humans. A common initial clinical manifestation of thallium poisoning is gastrointestinal symptoms followed by delayed onset of neurological symptoms and alopecia.These clinical characteristics can provide important diagnostic clues regarding thallium poisoning. Here, we report a 23-year-old woman who was poisoned by a business colleague when she unknowingly drank tea containing the toxic substance several times. The patient was treated with multi-dose activated charcoal with airway protection and Prussian blue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	OD01-OD02
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24286.9494
Publication status	Published - Apr 1 2017

Keywords

Alopecia
Haemodialysis
Neuropathy
Prussian blue

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Clinical Biochemistry

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