title: [Case report of acute intoxication from intravenous injection of  petroleum]  .
abstract: A 18-year-old patient injected intravenously 2.5 mL of paraffin oil into the right upper limb. It caused a local thrombophlebitis with a slow evolution. A collapsus occurred on the sixth day. The authors obtained a clinical recovery of the limb after heparine and oral anticoagulation.
authors.affiliation: Service polyvalent d'anesthésie et de réanimation, CNHU, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Aguémon
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Biaou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atchadé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010578:Petroleum; D010690:Phlebography; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010578:Petroleum; D006493:Heparin
vernacular_title: A propos d'un cas d'intoxication aiguë par injection intraveineuse directe de pétrole.