Acute arsenic poisoning: clinical and histopathological features

Authors
Bartolome, B Cordoba, S Nieto, S Fernandez-Herrera, J Garcia-Diez, A
Citation
B. Bartolome et al., Acute arsenic poisoning: clinical and histopathological features, BR J DERM, 141(6), 1999, pp. 1106-1109
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology,"da verificare
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
ISSN journal
00070963 → ACNP
Volume
141
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1106 - 1109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(199912)141:6<1106:AAPCAH>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a woman with acute arsenic poisoning, who developed an erythroder ma with vesicles and pustules after the ingestion of 8-16 g of sodium arsen ite, Simultaneously, she presented a herpes simplex virus infection, Skin b iopsies showed unique features which included multiple small pigment granul es inside and outside the histiocytes. In our opinion, these findings are c onsistent with acute arsenic poisoning, and constitute the first histologic al description of this entity in skin.