Thallium poisoning: emphasis on early diagnosis and response to haemodialysis.

Thallium poisoning presenting as paresthesias, paresis, psychosis and pain in abdomen.

Due to involvement of multiple systems, thallium poisoning is notorious for complexity and seriousness as symptoms of toxicity are non-specific and diverse. Alopecia and painful neuropathy are its cardinal features, others being gastrointestinal disturbances, encephalopathy, tachycardia, ataxia, hepatorenal and cardiac damage etc. We report a case of thallium poisoning who presented initially w...

Thallium toxicity: A growing concern

This review article deals with the growing concern of the toxicity of thallium. This article describes the characteristics of thallium, its potential sources of exposure, kinetics, and toxicity on human being and diagnosis of thallium poisoning. This article also describes some episodes of thallium poisoning arising from both occupational and nonoccupational exposure.

Management of thallium poisoning.

A case of acute thallium poisoning in a 67-year-old Chinese woman is described. She presented with acute pain in the chest, abdomen, and lower limbs. The diagnosis was not made, however, until alopecia developed. Detoxification treatment, which included Prussian blue (potassium ferric hexacyanoferrate) was then given, but further neurological damage occurred. The patient's motor function recove...

Clinical toxicology: part II. Diagnosis and management of uncommon poisonings.

OBJECTIVE To review the diagnosis and management of drug overdose and poisonings in a two-part presentation. DATA SOURCES A review of articles reported on drug overdose and poisonings. SUMMARY OF REVIEW In patients who attempt suicide it is usual for the overdose to be a therapeutic agent, although in the severely mentally disturbed patient the agent may be an unusual poison. As with any ov...

Successful Treatment of Ethylene Glycol Poisoning with Haemodialysis