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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| author | Snehamayee Nayak Jyotiranjan Satpathy Bijaylaxmi Mallick Mangal Charan Murmu |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-9d70f496c107490d9e3f12fa7d356a872022-12-21T17:56:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pediatric Critical Care2349-65922455-70992019-01-0166394110.21304/2019.0606.00545Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth ballsSnehamayee NayakJyotiranjan SatpathyBijaylaxmi MallickMangal Charan MurmuMothballs 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.http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2019;volume=6;issue=6;spage=39;epage=41;aulast=Nayakmethemoglobinemianaphthalenecyanosishemolytic anaemia |
| spellingShingle | Snehamayee Nayak Jyotiranjan Satpathy Bijaylaxmi Mallick Mangal Charan Murmu Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls Journal of Pediatric Critical Care methemoglobinemia naphthalene cyanosis hemolytic anaemia |
| title | Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| title_full | Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| title_fullStr | Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| title_short | Methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| title_sort | methemoglobinemia without hemolytic anemia following exposure to naphthalene moth balls |
| topic | methemoglobinemia naphthalene cyanosis hemolytic anaemia |
| url | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2019;volume=6;issue=6;spage=39;epage=41;aulast=Nayak |
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