Perestrelo, Ana Paula and Miranda, Gonçalo and Gonçalves, Maria Inês and Belino, Carolina and Ballesteros, Rosa (2021) Chronic Copper Sulfate Poisoning. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (2). pp. 1-2. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Copper, as a salt, is toxic and has the potential to harm multiple organs. Copper intoxication causes intravascular haemolysis followed by liver and kidney failure that can be fatal. We present a case of chronic copper sulfate poisoning in a 66-year-old man with dysphagia to solids and liquids, anaemia, acute kidney injury, liver cytolysis and hypocalcaemia. The patient improved with supportive care, but chronic kidney disease was established. Anamnesis was crucial for the diagnosis, given the non-specific signs and symptoms. The history of chronic exposure to pest treatment with a blue dust cloud made us suspect copper sulfate poisoning.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Copper sulfate poisoning, kidney injury |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 15:21 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 15:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21179 |
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