Citation

Rahman MM, Mogni Mowla SG, Rahim A, Chowdhury FR, Jahan S, Hasan MN. J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak. 2012; 22(11): 740-741.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan)

DOI

11.2012/JCPSP.740741

PMID

23146862

Abstract

Naphthalene, a widely used industrial and household chemical, has rarely been an agent of poisoning worldwide. Severe haemolysis from naphthalene poisoning is rare and can be a challenge to clinicians. We report a 22-year-old female, who accidentally ingested naphthalene mixed coconut oil and got admitted with recurrent vomiting, headache and passage of dark urine. Severe intravascular haemolysis with hypotension and neutrophilic leukocytosis was detected. She was treated with red blood cell transfusions, intravenous saline infusion and ascorbic acid.

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