PEDIATRICS Vol. 10 No. 6 December 1952, pp. 677-680
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FERROUS SULFATE POISONING

Report of a Fatal Case

LEROY K. BRANCH M.C., U.S.N.R.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla.

A fatal case of ferrous sulfate poisoning in a 29 month old boy, with autopsy findings, is recorded. He died approximately 4frac12 hours after ingestion of about seventy-five 0.3 gm. ferrous sulfate tablets (1.87 gm./kg. body weight). Signs of severe gastrointestinal irritation were followed by cyanosis and peripheral vascular collapse. Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis with mucosal slough and submucosal venous thromboses were demonstrated post mortem. Prevention and measures for correction of shock were emphasized in discussion of treatment. This case report should re-emphasize the potential danger of iron poisoning.

Submitted on July 15, 1952