Citation

Lahoud CA, March JA, Proctor DD. South. Med. J. 1997; 90(6): 647-648.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Southern Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9191745

Abstract

We report a suicide attempt with the camphorated phenol preparation Campho-Phenique. The total dose ingested was 68 mg/kg of camphor and 28.9 mg/kg of phenol. The patient had grand mal seizures minutes after ingestion. Supportive medical care and intubation resulted in full recovery within 12 hours. Although Campho-Phenique has been discussed extensively in the pediatric literature and its accidental ingestion by adults has occasionally been reported, intentional ingestion of the preparation has not been reported. We discuss our unusual case and review the literature.

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