title: Butachlor-induced acute toxic hepatitis.
abstract: Butachlor is a highly effective herbicidal substance widely used by farmers. We report a 60-year-old man with exfoliative dermatitis, jaundice, increase in liver enzymes and eosinophilia one day after accidental dermal exposure to butachlor toxin. The diagnostic workup showed no other cause and liver histology was consistent with substance-induced toxic hepatitis. Within two weeks of conservative therapy, his liver function tests returned to normal.
authors: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Nasser Ebrahimi
authors: NE
authors: Daryani
authors: Parviz
authors: P
authors: Hosseini
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Bashashati
authors: Mona
authors: M
authors: Haidarali
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Sayyah
mesh_terms: D000083:Acetanilides / Q000506:poisoning*; D000208:Acute Disease; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000083:Acetanilides; D006540:Herbicides; C054409:butachlor