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Cholestatic presentation of yellow phosphorus poisoning
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- 1Departments of Medical Gastroenterology and Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Published in Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Correspondence: Amit Goel
Departments of Medical Gastroenterology and Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Email: agoel.ag@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2014 The Author(s). This is an open access article.
Abstract
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.
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