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Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a case of fatal lindane poisoning. 1988

C V Sunder Ram Rao, and R Shreenivas, and V Singh, and A Perez-Atayde, and A Woolf
Department of Medicine, Worcester City Hospital, MA.

After an accidental or intentional ingestion of lindane, clinical manifestations of poisoning may include rapid onset of nausea and vomiting, coma, seizures, respiratory failure, and death. While rhabdomyolysis, secondary renal failure, and aplastic anemia have also been reported, coagulopathies have not been observed following poisoning with this pesticide. In this case report we describe a 43-year-old female who intentionally ingested 8 oz of a 20% lindane solution. Her serum lindane concentration reached 1.3 mcg/ml and her clinical manifestations included seizures, coma, rhabdomyolysis, secondary renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The coagulopathy presented early in her clinical course and resolved when serum lindane levels fell. The patient died 11 days after the ingestion.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D001772 Blood Cell Count The number of LEUKOCYTES and ERYTHROCYTES per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD. A complete blood count (CBC) also includes measurement of the HEMOGLOBIN; HEMATOCRIT; and ERYTHROCYTE INDICES. Blood Cell Number,Blood Count, Complete,Blood Cell Counts,Blood Cell Numbers,Blood Counts, Complete,Complete Blood Count,Complete Blood Counts,Count, Blood Cell,Count, Complete Blood,Counts, Blood Cell,Counts, Complete Blood,Number, Blood Cell,Numbers, Blood Cell
D004211 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation A disorder characterized by procoagulant substances entering the general circulation causing a systemic thrombotic process. The activation of the clotting mechanism may arise from any of a number of disorders. A majority of the patients manifest skin lesions, sometimes leading to PURPURA FULMINANS. Consumption Coagulopathy,Coagulation, Disseminated Intravascular,Disseminated Coagulation, Intravascular,Intravascular Coagulation, Disseminated,Intravascular Disseminated Coagulation,Coagulation, Intravascular Disseminated,Coagulations, Disseminated Intravascular,Coagulations, Intravascular Disseminated,Coagulopathies, Consumption,Coagulopathy, Consumption,Consumption Coagulopathies,Disseminated Coagulations, Intravascular,Disseminated Intravascular Coagulations,Intravascular Coagulations, Disseminated,Intravascular Disseminated Coagulations
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001556 Hexachlorocyclohexane Any of several polyhalogenated organic compounds consisting of a six-carbon ring with one chlorine and one hydrogen attached to each carbon. Benzene Hexachloride,Lindane,gamma-Benzene Hexachloride,BHC Insecticide,Delitex,Epsilon-hexachlorocyclohexane,Eta-hexachlorocyclohexane,Gamma-666,Gammexane,Hexachlorane,Jacutin,Kwell,PMS-Lindane,Scabecid,Scabene,Scabisan,Tetocid,Zeta-hexachlorocyclohexane,gamma-HCH,gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane,Epsilon hexachlorocyclohexane,Eta hexachlorocyclohexane,Gamma 666,Hexachloride, Benzene,Hexachloride, gamma-Benzene,Insecticide, BHC,PMS Lindane,Zeta hexachlorocyclohexane,gamma Benzene Hexachloride,gamma HCH,gamma Hexachlorocyclohexane
D012640 Seizures Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder." Absence Seizure,Absence Seizures,Atonic Absence Seizure,Atonic Seizure,Clonic Seizure,Complex Partial Seizure,Convulsion,Convulsions,Convulsive Seizure,Convulsive Seizures,Epileptic Seizure,Epileptic Seizures,Generalized Absence Seizure,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Jacksonian Seizure,Myoclonic Seizure,Non-Epileptic Seizure,Nonepileptic Seizure,Partial Seizure,Seizure,Seizures, Convulsive,Seizures, Focal,Seizures, Generalized,Seizures, Motor,Seizures, Sensory,Tonic Clonic Seizure,Tonic Seizure,Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Atonic Absence Seizures,Atonic Seizures,Clonic Seizures,Complex Partial Seizures,Convulsion, Non-Epileptic,Generalized Absence Seizures,Myoclonic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Seizures,Nonepileptic Seizures,Partial Seizures,Petit Mal Convulsion,Seizures, Auditory,Seizures, Clonic,Seizures, Epileptic,Seizures, Gustatory,Seizures, Olfactory,Seizures, Somatosensory,Seizures, Tonic,Seizures, Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Vertiginous,Seizures, Vestibular,Seizures, Visual,Single Seizure,Tonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Absence Seizure, Atonic,Absence Seizure, Generalized,Absence Seizures, Atonic,Absence Seizures, Generalized,Auditory Seizure,Auditory Seizures,Clonic Seizure, Tonic,Clonic Seizures, Tonic,Convulsion, Non Epileptic,Convulsion, Petit Mal,Convulsions, Non-Epileptic,Focal Seizure,Focal Seizures,Generalized Seizure,Generalized Seizures,Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Gustatory Seizure,Gustatory Seizures,Motor Seizure,Motor Seizures,Non Epileptic Seizure,Non Epileptic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Convulsion,Non-Epileptic Convulsions,Olfactory Seizure,Olfactory Seizures,Partial Seizure, Complex,Partial Seizures, Complex,Seizure, Absence,Seizure, Atonic,Seizure, Atonic Absence,Seizure, Auditory,Seizure, Clonic,Seizure, Complex Partial,Seizure, Convulsive,Seizure, Epileptic,Seizure, Focal,Seizure, Generalized,Seizure, Generalized Absence,Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Gustatory,Seizure, Jacksonian,Seizure, Motor,Seizure, Myoclonic,Seizure, Non-Epileptic,Seizure, Nonepileptic,Seizure, Olfactory,Seizure, Partial,Seizure, Sensory,Seizure, Single,Seizure, Somatosensory,Seizure, Tonic,Seizure, Tonic Clonic,Seizure, Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Vertiginous,Seizure, Vestibular,Seizure, Visual,Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Nonepileptic,Sensory Seizure,Sensory Seizures,Single Seizures,Somatosensory Seizure,Somatosensory Seizures,Tonic Clonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized,Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized,Vertiginous Seizure,Vertiginous Seizures,Vestibular Seizure,Vestibular Seizures,Visual Seizure,Visual Seizures
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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