Acute iron poisoning.
Intoxications with ferrous compounds are uncommon but ferrous sulphate is most frequently involved. Ferrous fumarate is less toxic than ferrous sulphate. Two cases of ferrous fumarate poisoning that resulted in digestive mucosal lesions are reported.
Intensive Care Unit, Centre dássistance Medicale Urgente, Tunis, Tunisia.
H
H
Ben Mokhtar
H
H
Thabet
N
N
Brahmi
I
I
Zaghdoudi
A
A
Hédhili
C
C
Hamouda
M
M
Amamou
D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D005296:Ferrous Compounds; C031621:ferrous fumarate