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Abstract

Suicide by yellow phosphorus poisoning is not very common in some parts of Karnataka state of India, such as Mysore. We report two cases of deliberate suicide attempt by yellow phosphorus poisoning (Ratol – yellow phosphorus 3%) involving a 21-year -old man and a 17-year-old woman. Both were asymptomatic at the time of admission and they developed symptoms of poisoning only on the third day. Both patients recovered completely with conservative management supplemented by N-acetyl- ysteine (NAC) and discharged on the ninth day.