Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Intravascular Haemolysis due to Glucose -6- Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in a Patient with Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning

  • Author:
  • Fariba Farnaghi1, Hamid Owliaey2,, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam2, Shahin Shadnia2, Nader Momtazmanesh1, Nasim Zamani2, Omid Mehrpour3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 79 to 81

1Department of Pediatrics, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC), Pasdaran Avenue, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

*Corresponding author: Hamid Owliaey, Loghman -Hakim hospital,Kamali St, South Kargar St., Tel: 09131540284, +982155414063, Fax: +982155416170, E-mail: h_owliaey@yahoo.com

Online published on 23 July, 2013.

Abstract

Aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning and glucose?6?phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency are two common clinical problems in Iran. However, hemolysis associated with AlP poisoning is extremely rare. We report a 24-year-old G6PD deficient patient with AlP poisoning presenting with intravascular hemolysis.

Keywords

G6PD Deficiency, Aluminum Phosphide, Hemolysis