Acute pancreatitis caused by severe glyphosate-surfactant oral intoxication.
Glyphosate-surfactant is used extensively as a nonselective herbicide. Suicidal attempts with glyphosate-surfactant herbicide (GlySH) has been encountered with increasing frequency. The effect of GlySH intoxication often involves multiple systems. We report a case of a severely intoxicated man who developed chemical pneumonitis and respiratory failure after suicidal ingestion of GlySH. Acute pancreatitis, which was never covered by any previous case reports, developed in the first day, and the symptom persisted for 10 days during hospitalization.
Hsiao
Cheng-ting
CT
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan ROC. qcth3160@gmail.com
Lin
Leng-jye
LJ
Hsiao
Kuang-yu
KY
Chou
Meng-hua
MH
Hsiao
Shih-hsin
SH
D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000097797:Glyphosate
D005998:Glycine; D006540:Herbicides; D000097797:Glyphosate