Acute intravascular hemolysis following accidental ingestion of naphthalene: A rare case report
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Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs.
Ingestional naphthalene mothball poisoning leading to prolonged haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia can present with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A 19-year-old woman ingested 12 mothballs, and presented two days later with haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia. She was treated with red blood cell transfusions, intravenous methylene blue, N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid. Continuous veno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Hematology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1658-5127
DOI: 10.4103/1658-5127.186328