Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 1

Clinical presentation and Renal dysfunction in Supervasmol 33TM poisoning

*- Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SVIMS Sri Padmavathi Medical College For WomenTirupati

**- Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, JIPMER, Puducherry

*Corresponding author: Dr. Rupesh Kumar Naik, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SVIMS Sri Padmavathi Medical College For WomenTirupati. Email: rupeshnaik.bukkya@gmail.com

Abstract

Super vasmol 33Tm an emulsion based hair dye containing paraphenylene diamine and various other ingredients. A 20 year old female was admitted to the hospital as emergency case to our hospital with difficulty in speech, decreased urine output, facial swelling, and bilateral stiffness of lower limbs. Laboratory investigations revealed renal failure. Expired at 5th day of admission in morning hours 6.00 am after constant resuscitative efforts. On autopsy all visceral organs were congested. Here we are reporting a case of intentional ingestion of super vasmol 33 Tm hairdye.

Keywords

Hair dye, Paraphenylene diamine, Acute tubular necrosis