J Korean Soc Emerg Med.  2004 Jun;15(3):201-204.

Acute Ammonium Dichromate Poisoning: A Case Report

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  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. ermdchoi@nate.com

Abstract

Soluble compounds of chromium are widely used in industrial processes, including printing, photography, pyrotechnics, dyeing, electroplating, aircraft, shipbuilding, and leather tanning. Exposure in industry is generally via the inhalation of dusts and fumes. Ingestion of chromium (chromate or dichromate salt) has occurred accidentally in suicide attempts and during drug experimentation and may causes ulceration of the bowel, diarrhea, hemorrhagic diathesis, acute renal failure, and hepatic damage. Ingestion of hexavalent chromium com-pounds is considered to be one hundred times more toxic than the trivalent compounds. Chromium poisoning in children is an uncommon, potentially lethal form of poisoning which could possibly increase in incidence because of the resumed greater domestic distribution of dichromate in Korea. We report a case of ammonium dichromate inges-tion by a child that resulted in a healthy discharge.

Keyword

Chromates; Ammonium; Poisoning

MeSH Terms

Acute Kidney Injury
Aircraft
Ammonium Compounds*
Child
Chromates
Chromium
Diarrhea
Dust
Eating
Electroplating
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Humans
Incidence
Inhalation
Korea
Photography
Poisoning*
Suicide
Tanning
Triacetoneamine-N-Oxyl
Ulcer
Chromates
Chromium
Dust
Triacetoneamine-N-Oxyl
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