Abstract
Despite its frequent use in industry, acute poisoning by chromic acid has very rarely been reported. We report a patient who developed massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage, acute renal failure, and hepatic injury following chromic acid ingestion, and subsequently died. Postmortem liver and kidney biopsies revealed centrilobular necrosis and severe acute tubular necrosis, respectively.
MeSH terms
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Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced*
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Acute Kidney Injury / pathology
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Adult
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Biopsy
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Chromates / poisoning*
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Fatal Outcome
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / chemically induced
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
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Humans
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Kidney / drug effects
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Kidney / pathology
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Liver / drug effects
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Liver / pathology
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Male
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Necrosis
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Poisoning / complications
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Poisoning / etiology
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Poisoning / pathology
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Suicide