title: Acute triphenyltin intoxication: a case report.
abstract: A 23 year old male developed abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and vomiting several hours after poisoning with acute triphenyltin intoxication in a suicide attempt. Severe ataxia, dysmetria, nystagmus, and blurring of vision soon supervened. Disturbance of consciousness and confusion developed 12 days later and lasted for two months. A delayed sensorimotor polyneuropathy was shown by electrophysiological studies to be due to axonal degeneration and demyelination. The neuropathy rapidly recovered after consciousness was regained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D009947:Organotin Compounds; C030665:triphenyltin