Acute triphenyltin intoxication: a case report.
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.
Wu
R M
RM
Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
Chang
Y C
YC
Chiu
H C
HC
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
D009947:Organotin Compounds; C030665:triphenyltin