Open AccessAcute kidney injury: A rare complication of mothball (Naphthalene) poisoning
Author(s) -
Sudha Ekambaram,
KM Chandan Kumar,
M Vijayakumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.220858
Subject(s) - medicine , ingestion , complication , acute kidney injury , anemia , kidney , accidental , taste , dermatology , surgery , physics , acoustics , chemistry , food science
Naphthalene poisoning is an uncommon poisoning due to its pungent smell, taste, insolubility in water, and poor absorption from the gut. It rarely occurs in suicidal attempts in adults and in accidental ingestion by children. We present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge encountered while treating a child with naphthalene-induced acute severe hemolytic anemia and acute kidney injury from accidental ingestion.