[Voluntary poisoning with a rodenticide in an adolescent].
Suicide attempts are frequent during adolescence. Intentional ingestion of rat poison is not well known in France. The complications of this are prolonged and may be serious.


METHODS
An adolescent, 15 years old, with clinical hemorrhagic syndrome, had coagulation deficiency. Rat poison had been found in serum. The young girl recognized later that the ingestion of these toxins was intentional.


CONCLUSIONS
Suicide attempt with rat poison is exceptional, but we have to mention it when vitamin K-dependent factors failed without any other explication.
Neguin
C
C
Département de médecine de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, hôpital Sud, CHU, Rennes, France.
Beuchée
A
A
Pommereuil
M
M
Berthier
A M
AM
Le Gall
E
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D005167:Factor VII / Q000032:analysis; D005170:Factor X / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D010837:Vitamin K 1 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014859:Warfarin / Q000506:poisoning*
D012378:Rodenticides; D014859:Warfarin; D010837:Vitamin K 1; D005167:Factor VII; D011516:Prothrombin; D005170:Factor X