Open AccessCholestatic presentation of yellow phosphorus poisoning
Author(s) -
CP Lakshmi,
Amit Goel,
Debdatta Basu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0976-5018
pISSN - 0976-500X
DOI - 10.4103/0976-500x.124430
Subject(s) - cholestasis , phosphorus , liver transplantation , medicine , toxic hepatitis , cholestatic hepatitis , hepatitis , transplantation , chemistry , organic chemistry
Yellow phosphorus, a component of certain pesticide pastes and fireworks, is well known to cause hepatotoxicity. Poisoning with yellow phosphorus classically manifests with acute hepatitis leading to acute liver failure which may need liver transplantation. We present a case of yellow phosphorus poisoning in which a patient presented with florid clinical features of cholestasis highlighting the fact that cholestasis can rarely be a presenting feature of yellow phosphorus hepatotoxicity.