Pennies for Your Thoughts: A Case Series of Pancytopenia Due to Zinc-induced Copper Deficiency in the Same Patient
A 47-year-old schizophrenic male presented on three separate occasions with pancytopenia and sideroblastic anemia due to copper deficiency from massive zinc penny ingestion. The poisoning was treated differently on each visit: intravenous (IV) copper plus surgical decontamination and chelation with...
Main Authors: | Bram A. Dolcourt, James H. Paxton, Keenan M. Bora, Cynthia K. Aaron |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-11-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5956p39r |
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