Clinical and pathological findings in fatal 1,3-dichloropropene intoxication.
1. A 27-year-old, previously healthy, worker accidentally drank a solution containing 1,3-dichloropropene. 2. He developed gastrointestinal distress, adult respiratory distress syndrome, haematological and hepatorenal functional impairment and died after 40 h. 3. Damage to the pancreas was also thought to have been caused by the chemical as part of a multiorgan disorder.
Hernandez
A F
AF
Department of Legal Medicine, University Hospital, University of Granada, Spain.
Martin-Rubi
J C
JC
Ballesteros
J L
JL
Oliver
M
M
Pla
A
A
Villanueva
E
E
D000328:Adult; D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D011041:Poisoning / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
D000498:Allyl Compounds; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; C023891:1,3-dichloro-1-propene