Acute renal failure in a case of fatal chromic acid poisoning.
Despite its frequent use in industry, acute poisoning by chromic acid has very rarely been reported. We report a patient who developed massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage, acute renal failure, and hepatic injury following chromic acid ingestion, and subsequently died. Postmortem liver and kidney biopsies revealed centrilobular necrosis and severe acute tubular necrosis, respectively.
Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002840:Chromates / Q000506:poisoning*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide
D002840:Chromates; C034944:chromic acid