[Arsenic poisoning: a special gastroenteritis...].
Arsenic (As) intoxication is nowadays extremely rare. Two cases of acute and chronic As criminal poisoning leading to death of a couple of retired people, are reported. Clinical presentation was simulating a gastro-enteritidis with fast evolution to refractory shock. Toxicological analysis confirmed this diagnostic, with respectively blood As concentrations at 579 and 21 765 microg/l for our two patients.
Ganster
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Département de réanimation médicale et médecine hyperbare, CHU d'Angers, 49933 Angers cedex, France.
Kuteifan
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K
Mootien
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Y
Harry
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P
Guiot
P
P
D000368:Aged; D001151:Arsenic / Q000097:blood; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis; D011042:Poisons / Q000097:blood
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011042:Poisons; D001151:Arsenic