Citation

Schlake HP, Bertram HP, Husstedt IW, Schuierer G. Clin. Neurol. Neurosurg. 1994; 96(1): 92-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0303-8467(94)90037-x

PMID

7514519

Abstract

A 22-year-old woman is reported who attempted suicide by oral ingestion of approximately 10-15 g ammonium metavanadate (NH4VO3). A few hours later she developed gastrointestinal symptoms followed by a transient right sensomotor hemiparesis and aphasic disturbances. Brain MRI and SPECT with 99mTc-HMPAO revealed a lesion in the left parietal cortex. Plasmapheresis, ascorbic acid and desferoxamine led to a complete clinical recovery within a few days.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Aphasia; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Metabolic Clearance Rate; Neurologic Examination; Suicide, Attempted; Vanadates