title: Near fatal systemic toxicity from local injection of podophyllin for pedal verrucae treatment.
abstract: An extremely rare case of systemic podophyllin toxicity from local injection is presented with a review of the literature. There is only one other known similar case reported in the medical literature world wide. Clinical and pathologic findings will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Podiatric Medicine, University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa 50312.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Tomczak
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male; D011033:Podophyllin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D014860:Warts / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011033:Podophyllin