Citation

Kaushik RM, Kaushik R, Mahajan SK. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 2007; 26(5): 457-460.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India. rmkaushik1@rediffmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0960327107074618

PMID

17623772

Abstract

Aluminium phosphide is a solid fumigant pesticide and has systemic toxicity due to liberation of phosphine gas. We report a case of aluminium phosphide poisoning with systemic toxicity in a 16-year-old patient who developed previously undocumented complication of subendocardial infarction, with characteristic electrocardiographic changes reverting back to normal after a period of 10 weeks, even though the patient had clinical recovery much earlier.

Language: en