Citation

Deo P, Sahu KK, Dhibar DP, Varma SC. BMJ Case Rep. 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2016-215102

PMID

27226127

Abstract

A 15-year-old boy presented to emergency services with accidental naphthalene ball ingestion. Following consumption he developed methaemoglobinaemia, massive intravascular haemolysis and acute kidney injury. He had no history suggestive of congenital haemoglobin M disease. Development of severe methaemoglobinaemia and intravascular haemolysis is quite unusual after consumption of a single ball of naphthalene. The patient was managed with ascorbic acid and intravenous N-acetyl cysteine. He also required haemodialysis for acute kidney injury that developed secondary to pigment nephropathy.

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Language: en