title: Gasoline injection.
abstract: Injection of petroleum distillates is rare. We recently cared for a man with a long history of drug abuse who attempted intravenous injection with gasoline into a right forearm vein in order to "get high." We believe he accomplished an intramuscular and subcutaneous injection of gasoline which resulted in a severe impairment of the right hand and forearm from damage to the right median, ulnar, and radial nerves.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005542:Forearm / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D005742:Gasoline; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D010578:Petroleum; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline; D010578:Petroleum