Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls
Mothballs are commonly used household product that contain an aromatic hydrocarbon named naphthalene. On systemic exposure it causes oxidant injury to hemoglobin molecules resulting in oxidized forms of hemoglobin like methaemoglobin and further hemoglobinuria. Most commonly naphthalene poisoning ca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pediatric Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2019;volume=6;issue=6;spage=39;epage=41;aulast=Nayak |
| Summary: | Mothballs are commonly used household product that contain an aromatic hydrocarbon named naphthalene. On systemic exposure it causes oxidant injury to hemoglobin molecules resulting in oxidized forms of hemoglobin like methaemoglobin and further hemoglobinuria. Most commonly naphthalene poisoning cases present as hemolytic anaemia with hemoglobinuria and methemoglobinemia following oral ingestion of moth balls. Here we are reporting an unusual case of methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anaemia following absorption of the aromatic hydrocarbon from skin after application of powdered mothballs mixed with coconut oil. |
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| ISSN: | 2349-6592 2455-7099 |