title: Thallium intoxication. Case Report.
abstract: We report a rare case of serious voluntary intoxication by laboratory thallium monobromate combined with alcohol intake by a 24-years old man. The diagnosis of thallium intoxication was based on history, nonspecific but typical clinical symptoms including gastrointestinal complaints, painful polyneuropathy, alopecia, and confirmed by the finding of increased thallium concentration in the urine. The treatment, performed at the due time, consisted of decontamination of the stomach by irrigation, administration of active charcoal and Prussian blue, correction of water and mineral dysbalance, symptomatic treatment, and led to complete recovery.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava and University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sojáková
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava and University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Žigrai
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava and University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.affiliation: National Toxicological Information Centre, University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plačková
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klepancová
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava and University Hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Štefan
authors.initials: Š
authors.lastname: Hrušovský
mesh_terms: D000075322:Heavy Metal Poisoning; D020260:Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications*; D013793:Thallium / Q000506:poisoning*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013793:Thallium