title: Filicide and suicide in a family by paraphenylene diamine poisoning: a mother who committed suicide and poisoned her four children of which one died.
abstract: Paraphenylene diamine (PPD) hair dye poisoning is a common health problem in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. It is the most common cause of suicide intent especially among females. We hereby present a 27-year-old female who presented with a clinical feature of PPD poisoning due to a suicidal attempt, and she died soon after arrival. She had survived a previous suicide attempt with PPD 4 years before. This time she also intentionally tried to kill her four children using PPD. One child died, one recovered after dialysis for acute kidney injury and the other two survived without any further intervention. This case illustrates that PPD poisoning may be used in filicide and suicide intent and that all patients who committed suicide should be reviewed and assessed by clinical psychiatrist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan elfakky@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohamed Babikir
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Abdelraheem
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elbushra
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: El-Tigani
authors.initials: el-T
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Rashid A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ellidir
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Amna I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Bushara
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratories, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Waleed B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Abdelraheem
authors.affiliation: Rotterdam Centre for Tropical Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eduard E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Zijlstra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010655:Phenylenediamines / Q000506:poisoning*; D013397:Sudan; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D010655:Phenylenediamines; C029728:4-phenylenediamine