Citation

Van Heerden PV, Jenkins IR, Woods WP, Rossi E, Cameron PD. Intensive Care Med. 1994; 20(2): 145-147.

Affiliation

Department of Intensive Care, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8201096

Abstract

A woman ingested 400 ml of leather tanning solution containing 48 g of basic chromium sulphate (CrOHSO4). This substance forms hydrogen ions and trivalent chromium when it reacts with tissue proteins. The patient died of cardiogenic shock, complicated by pancreatitis and gut mucosal necrosis and haemorrhage. There are no reported cases of toxicity due to oral ingestion of trivalent chromium. Toxicity of hexavalent and trivalent chromium is discussed and suggestions made for management of future cases.

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