Transient leucopenia in acute zinc phosphide poisoning

Authors

  • Niraj Keyal Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Hem Raj Paneru Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Gentle Sundar Shrestha Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Roshana Amatya Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

Keywords:

Rodenticide, Transient leucopenia, Zinc phosphide

Abstract

Zinc phosphide is easily available, cheap, and highly effective household rodenticide. Self poisoning with this rodenticide is commonly encountered in our clinical practice and causes lethal poisoning by liberation of phosphine which in turn causes inhibition of cytochrome oxidase C thereby leading to cellular hypoxia. We report a case of such poisoning which had an unusual presentation in the form of transient leucopenia.

Author Biographies

  • Niraj Keyal, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Department of Anaesthesiology

  • Hem Raj Paneru, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Department of Anaesthesiology

  • Gentle Sundar Shrestha, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Department of Anaesthesiology

  • Roshana Amatya, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Department of Anaesthesiology

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Published

2017-09-30

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2017): Issue 21 | Jul-Sep

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

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Transient leucopenia in acute zinc phosphide poisoning. JCMC [Internet]. 2017 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 16];7(3):55-6. Available from: https://www.jcmc.com.np/jcmc/index.php/jcmc/article/view/810

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