Pennies for Your Thoughts: A Case Series of Pancytopenia Due to Zinc-induced Copper Deficiency in the Same Patient

A 47-year-old schizophrenic male presented on three separate occasions with pancytopenia and sideroblastic anemia due to copper deficiency from massive zinc penny ingestion. The poisoning was treated differently on each visit: intravenous (IV) copper plus surgical decontamination and chelation with...

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Autores principales: Dolcourt, Bram A., Paxton, James H., Bora, Keenan M., Aaron, Cynthia K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
Materias:
Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763583
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.7.43697

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763583
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.7.43697

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