In:
Journal of Forensic Sciences, Wiley, Vol. 64, No. 4 ( 2019-07), p. 1271-1273
Abstract:
This manuscript reported a case of fatal arsenic poisoning. A woman with schizophrenia took arsenic‐containing “pills,” which consisted of arsenic trioxide and realgar (arsenic ( II ) sulfide) and wrapped with gauze. The victim consumed 1.09 and 0.819 g arsenic on two occasions, respectively, with the interval between the two doses of 3 days. The woman died on the sixth day after the first dose without any treatment. In this case, pathological examination revealed fat degeneration of the liver rather than hepatomegaly, a rare finding in acute arsenic poisoning. Arsenic in tissue samples was measured, the total arsenic and inorganic arsenic in blood, liver, and gastric wall was 10.2 μg/ mL (9.61 μg/ mL ), 23.1 μg/g (20.7 μg/g), and 32.3 μg/g (28.6 μg/g), respectively.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-1198
,
1556-4029
DOI:
10.1111/jfo.2019.64.issue-4
DOI:
10.1111/1556-4029.14017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2026357-0
SSG:
2,1
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