title: Right bundle branch block: an uncommon cardiotoxic manifestation of hair dye poisoning-a case report.
abstract: Hair dye poisoning has been rising in incidence in the recent years. Apart from the commoner manifestations of upper airway edema, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, cardiac toxicity, convulsions and sudden cardiac death are relatively rare complications. We discuss a case of hair dye poisoning manifesting as oropharyngeal edema along with cardiac complication. The patient survived.
authors.affiliation: Resident, School of Public Health, PGIMER , Chandigarh, India .
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.affiliation: Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Thoothukudi Government Medical College , Thoothukudi .
authors.forename: Saravanan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.affiliation: Medical Officer, Central Leprosy Training and Re-search Institute , Chengal-pattu, Tamil Nadu, India .
authors.forename: Pugazhenthan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thangaraju
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Medicine, Thoothukudi Government Medical College , Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India .
authors.forename: Kani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
keywords: Hair dye poisoning; Myocarditis; Paraphenylenediamine