An unusual circumstance of internal chemical burn injury - a case report.
Chemical burn injuries including nitric acid injuries are rarely seen in routine clinical practice. In this article, we describe a case of chemical burns due to ingestion of nitric acid in which the history was not of an accidental but of a suicidal nature. Spillage of nitric acid (vitriolage) is frequently reported especially in the third-world countries, but an ingestion injury like this is uncommon and rarely reported.
Shetty
B Suresh Kumar
BS
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. bellisks@rediffmail.com
Shetty
Mahabalesh
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Raj Kumar
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Shrinidhi
Ullal
Harshavardhan
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