Acute arsenic poisoning in two siblings.
We report a case series of acute arsenic poisoning of 2 siblings, a 4-month-old male infant and his 2-year-old sister. Each child ingested solubilized inorganic arsenic from an outdated pesticide that was misidentified as spring water. The 4-month-old child ingested a dose of arsenic that was lethal despite extraordinary attempts at arsenic removal, including chelation therapy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, exchange transfusion, and hemodialysis. The 2-year-old fared well with conventional therapy.
Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention Serving Massachusetts, USA. melisa.lai@alumni.brown.edu
Melisa W
MW
Lai
Edward W
EW
Boyer
Monica E
ME
Kleinman
Nancy M
NM
Rodig
Michele Burns
MB
Ewald
D000208:Acute Disease; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005192:Family Health; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D006540:Herbicides