Acute alopecia: Evidence to thallium poisoning | Zendy

Subramanian Senthilkumaran | Zendy; Namasivayam Balamurugan | Zendy; NarendraNath Jena | Zendy; Ritesh G. Menezes | Zendy; Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian | Zendy

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Acute alopecia: Evidence to thallium poisoning

Author(s) -

Subramanian Senthilkumaran,

Namasivayam Balamurugan,

NarendraNath Jena,

Ritesh G. Menezes,

Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of trichology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 0974-9241

pISSN - 0974-7753

DOI - 10.4103/ijt.ijt_82_16

Subject(s) - thallium , accidental , medicine , intensive care medicine , dermatology , medical emergency , materials science , metallurgy , physics , acoustics

Thallium is a toxic heavy metal often involved in criminal poisonings and occasionally in accidental poisoning. Here, we report a case of acute, nonintentional thallium poisoning due to thallium-contaminated alternative medicine for its rarity and to create awareness about the combination of rapid, diffuse alopecia with neurologic and gastrointestinal symptoms among practitioners, professionals, public, and policymakers.

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