Citation

Neguin C, Beuchée A, Pommereuil M, Berthier AM, Le Gall E. Arch. Pediatr. 1999; 6(8): 855-858.

Vernacular Title

Intoxication volontaire aux raticides chez une adolescente.

Affiliation

Département de médecine de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, hôpital Sud, CHU, Rennes, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10472397

Abstract

Suicide attempts are frequent during adolescence. Intentional ingestion of rat poison is not well known in France. The complications of this are prolonged and may be serious. CASE REPORT: An adolescent, 15 years old, with clinical hemorrhagic syndrome, had coagulation deficiency. Rat poison had been found in serum. The young girl recognized later that the ingestion of these toxins was intentional. CONCLUSION: Suicide attempt with rat poison is exceptional, but we have to mention it when vitamin K-dependent factors failed without any other explication.

Language: fr