Toxic Brain Injury with Nitrobenzene Poisoning

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...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Akshay, Bhavsar, Chintan, Aggarwal, Praveen, Jamshed, Nayer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904926
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_271_16
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Sumario: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.

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