1Assistant Professor, Dept of Forensic Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014
2Professor & Head, Dept of Forensic Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014
*Correspondence Address: Sanjay Sukumar, Dept of Forensic Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Kalapet, Pondicherry E-mail: sanjss@yahoo.co.in.
Online published on 11 October, 2012.
Acute sodium dichromate poisoning is a rare occurrence. But incidences of accidental or suicidal ingestion of compounds like this may increase due to its wide use and easy accessibility in textile, printing and paper works the demand for which has increased over the last few years. Diagnosis in such cases can only be done based on the history, clinical and postmortem findings. Chemical analysis in such cases may not be helpful.
Sodium Dichromate, Acute Rare Poisoning
