J Korean Soc Emerg Med.  2004 Dec;15(6):612-616.

Death Following Colchicine Poisoning: A Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. erthim@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

Colchicine poisoning is relatively uncommon, but potentially life-threatening, situation confronting the emergency physician. Although the toxic dose of colchicine is reported to be more than 0.5 mg/kg, it is extremely variable. Therefore, the emergency physician should always consider colchicine poisoning to be serious, even when the dose is small. We present a case of death after intentional ingestion of 12 mg (0.17 mg/kg) of colchicine by a 30-year-old male.

Keyword

Colchicine; Intoxication

MeSH Terms

Adult
Colchicine*
Eating
Emergencies
Humans
Male
Poisoning*
Colchicine
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