DEATH BY TANNING - A CASE OF FATAL BASIC CHROMIUM SULFATE POISONING

Authors
VANHEERDEN PV JENKINS IR WOODS WPD ROSSI E CAMERON PD
Citation
Pv. Vanheerden et al., DEATH BY TANNING - A CASE OF FATAL BASIC CHROMIUM SULFATE POISONING, Intensive care medicine, 20(2), 1994, pp. 145-147
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
145 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1994)20:2<145:DBT-AC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A woman ingested 400 ml of leather tanning solution containing 48 g of basic chromium sulphate (CrOHSO4). This substance forms hydrogen ions and trivalent chromium when it reacts with tissue proteins. The patie nt died of cardiogenic shock, complicated by pancreatitis and gut muco sal necrosis and haemorrhage. There are no reported cases of toxicity due to oral ingestion of trivalent chromium. Toxicity of hexavalent an d trivalent chromium is dicussed and suggestions made for management o f future cases.