Case 83 -- Insecticide Poisoning

Contributed by Nancy Standler, M.D., Ph.D. and Mohammed A. Virji, M.D., Ph.D.
Published on line in November 1996


PATIENT HISTORY :

A 2 year old boy was taken at 4 am to the emergency room of a community hospital because of concerns by his parents that the child had symptoms and signs that could be due to a recent accidental exposure to a household insecticide.


ADDITIONAL CLINICAL HISTORY

LABORATORY DATA

CHOLINESTERASE, ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE, AND DIBUCAINE NUMBER

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPY

FINAL DIAGNOSIS


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