Citation

Kitamoto T, Kamijo Y. Acute Med. Surg. 2016; 3(2): 190-191.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ams2.159

PMID

29123780

PMCID

PMC5667390

Abstract

CASE: A 48-year-old woman attempted to commit suicide by ingesting a herbicide containing 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxypropionic acid. She was transferred to the emergency center. During this time, involuntary movements of her lips at approximately 5 Hz were observed, mimicking the chewing movements of a rabbit.
OUTCOME: The symptom resolved in concert with the decrease in her blood concentration of the herbicide.
CONCLUSION: It was suspected that the ingestion of 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxypropionic acid may have been associated with development of the rabbit syndrome.

Language: en

Keywords

poisoning; Herbicide; MCPP; rabbit syndrome