Korean J Nephrol.
2006 Jan;25(1):159-163.
A Case of Acute Renal Failure, Acute Pancreatitis and Delayed Recovery of Bone Marrow Suppression, Accompanied with Ethylene Glycol Intoxication
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- 1Division of Nephrology, Institute of Kidney Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. docbsk@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Division of Hemato-oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Ethylene glycol is commonly found in automobile antifreeze and a variety of other commercial products. Ingestion of ethylene glycol, either accidentally or in a making an attempt at suicide, is characterized by severe metabolic acidosis, calcium oxalate crystal formation and deposition, and various end organ damages that may be fatal with about 80% mortality rate. We present here a case of a patient who ingested about 300cc of ethylene glycol to siucide, and developed acute renal failure, acute pancreatitis and bone marrow suppression, but successfully be treated with minimal sequelae.
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