Barium carbonate poisoning mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Areflexic quadriplegia due to barium carbonate (rat poison) poisoning is described in two young patients. These cases very closely resembled Guillain-Barre syndrome. The various effects of barium carbonate along with the pathogenesis of hypokalaemic paralysis are highlighted.
Koley
T K
TK
Department of Medicine, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi.
Goyal
A K
AK
Gupta
M D
MD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001464:Barium / Q000506:poisoning*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D002254:Carbonates; D001464:Barium; C006685:barium carbonate