title: [Accidental fatal formaldehyde poisoning].
abstract: A previously healthy man accidentally swallowed 20 to 50 ml of Formalin (25%). Relevant clinical findings after the accident were: severe metabolic acidosis, severe disseminated intravascular coagulation and renal failure. He died 7 hours after formaldehyde ingestion-presumably from toxic pulmonary oedema. Relevant post-mortem findings were: massive pulmonary damage (toxic oedema), leather-like thickening of the gastric wall and multiple subendocardial haemorrhages. The treatment of formaldehyde poisoning is briefly discussed.
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D001344:Autopsy; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005557:Formaldehyde
vernacular_title: Akzidentelle tödliche Formalinvergiftung.