A Fatality Due to Accidental PineSol Ingestion
| Autor: | Elizabeth Spratt, Guy M. Vallaro, Thomas Camporese, Robert DeLuca, Christopher J. Cording |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis White female Autopsy Cyclohexane Monoterpenes Urine Toxicology Gastroenterology Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry 2-Propanol Central nervous system disease Fatal Outcome Alzheimer Disease Internal medicine Cyclohexenes medicine Humans Environmental Chemistry Ingestion Tissue Distribution Aged Cause of death Aged 80 and over Chemical Health and Safety Terpenes Chemistry Household Products Postmortem blood medicine.disease Accidents Home Accidental Monoterpenes Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 24:664-667 |
| ISSN: | 1945-2403 0146-4760 |
| Popis: | The case history and toxicological findings of a fatal PineSol intoxication are presented. An 89-year-old white female with Alzheimer's disease accidentally drank PineSol and was subsequently brought to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Significant autopsy findings included acute erosive gastritis. There appeared to be no aspiration of PineSol into the lungs. Isopropanol along with 1-alpha-terpineol are the two major toxic ingredients of PineSol. The toxicological screening and quantitiation of 1-alpha-terpineol in postmortem fluids was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a simple one-step extraction. Postmortem blood, urine, and gastric levels of 1-alpha-terpineol were 11.2 mg/L, 5.76 mg/L, and 15.3 g/L, respectively. Postmortem blood, vitreous humor, urine, and gastric acetone concentrations were 25, 31, 33, and 28 mg/dL. Postmortem concentrations of isopropanol were less than 10 mg/dL in the blood, vitreous humor, urine, and gastric contents. The cause of death was ruled acute 1-alpha-terpineol intoxication due to accidental ingestion of PineSol, presumably caused by confusion related to Alzheimer's disease. |
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