Unique granulated leucocytes in peripheral blood in yellow phosphorous poisoning: An interesting tool for monitoring therapeutic response-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Unique granulated leucocytes in peripheral blood in yellow phosphorous poisoning: An interesting tool for monitoring therapeutic response

Published:2023-01-22 Issue:2 Volume:53 Page:276-278
ISSN:0049-4755
Container-title:Tropical Doctor
language:en
Short-container-title:Trop Doct

Author:

Gupta Rakesh Kumar¹^ORCID,Kumar Verma Kartavya¹^ORCID,Achari Rohini Rokkam²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India

2. Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India

Abstract

Yellow phosphorus is one of the most commonly used rodenticides in India for household pest control. It is available as pastes containing 2% to 5% of yellow phosphorus. Yellow phosphorous-containing rodenticides are easily available and account for one of the most common causes of suicidal poisoning in India. We describe a case of yellow phosphorus poisoning in a 17-years-old child who recovered from hepatic encephalopathy and showed unique peripheral smear findings in the form of spurious monocytosis and hypergranulosis of these granulocytes.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00494755221129670

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