title: Fatal and non-fatal cases of lime sulfide exposure and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying pancreatic injury: Case reports with an animal experiment.
abstract: Lime sulfide poisoning by the oral route is rarely encountered in the practice of forensic science, whereas hydrogen sulfide poisoning is seen frequently. We report here two cases of fatal lime sulfide poisoning with several related cases and in addition induced histological damage with acute inflammation in animal models under at similar concentrations. We also evaluated sulfide and thiosulfate concentrations and speculated as to the cause of pancreatic damage in these cases.
authors: Environmental Science, Forensic and Social Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9208640, Japan. zukamasa@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Zuka
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Chinaka
authors: Yutaka
authors: Y
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Nariaki
authors: N
authors: Takayama
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Hitomi
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Nakamura
authors: Tohru
authors: T
authors: Ohshima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D053593:Forensic Toxicology; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D013440:Sulfides / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity* / Q000652:urine; D013885:Thiosulfates / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D013885:Thiosulfates; C033907:calcium sulfide; D000681:Amylases; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide