Disposition of fluoride in a fatal case of unsuspected sodium fluoride poisoning.
A case of suicidal ingestion of sodium fluoride roach powder by a 33-year-old black woman is presented. Disposition of fluoride (mg/l or mg/kg) was: bile, 3.4; gastric content, 225; kidney, 16; liver, 8.6 and urine, 295. No history of roach powder ingestion was available at autopsy. This case illustrates the need for extensive toxicological screening to determine if fatal poisoning has occurred when histopathological findings are unremarkable.
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0597.
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D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D005260:Female; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D012969:Sodium Fluoride