Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs.
2009; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 50; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
Autores
Hong Chul Lim, V Poulose, H H Tan,
Tópico(s)Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
ResumoIngestional naphthalene mothball poisoning leading to prolonged haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia can present with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A 19-year-old woman ingested 12 mothballs, and presented two days later with haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia. She was treated with red blood cell transfusions, intravenous methylene blue, N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid. Continuous venovenous haemofiltration was conducted for 45 hours. Haemolysis with anaemia and methaemoglobinaemia persisted even after five days post-ingestion. Clinical and biochemical parameters improved. We describe a case of ingestional naphthalene poisoning with a good outcome after treatment.
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