Lethal paradoxical cerebral vein thrombosis due to suspicious anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication with chlorophacinone.
Superwarfarin exposure is a growing health problem, described in many countries. The authors report a case of suspicious chlorophacinone poisoning with a problematic diagnosis. They review the literature and discuss particularities of anticoagulant rodenticide intoxication, as well as the apparent contradiction between anticoagulant intoxication and lethal thrombosis.
Papin
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Forensic Department, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France.
Clarot
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F
Vicomte
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Gaulier
J M
JM
Daubin
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C
Chapon
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F
Vaz
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E
Proust
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B
D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D053593:Forensic Toxicology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D007189:Indans / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology
D007189:Indans; D012378:Rodenticides; C004662:chlorophacinone