Severe Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Death Following Accidental Ingestion of Turpentine: A Case Report
Keywords:
Turpentine, accidental poisoning, children, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, death.Abstract
Accidental ingestion is a common mode of poisoning in children. Turpentine poisoning is very rare and literature describing its toxic effects in human are scarce. Turpentine poisoning is uncommon in children and massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) has not been reported in children following
turpentine ingestion. Here we report a case of a 3-year-old boy who was admitted to our Emergency Department (ED) with massive UGIB and respiratory distress following accidental ingestion of turpentine.
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07-Jul-2019
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