Lethal colchicine intoxication

Authors

  • Melinda M. Valdivia-Infantas Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima - Perú
  • Oscar Herrera-Miranda Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza; Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener
  • Adrián Rodríguez- Benites Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza; Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v35i4.690

Keywords:

colchicine, poisoning, diarrhea

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman who went to the Emergency Service for nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, and did not mention ingesting 60 tablets of colchicine 0,5 mg. She was diagnosed with acute diarrhea and was discharged. She was readmitted the next day due to weakness and dizziness, manifesting the intake of colchicine. The evolution was torpid, dying three days after ingestion.

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Published

2022-10-01

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 4 (2022)

Section

Case report

How to Cite

Lethal colchicine intoxication. (2022). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 35(4), e690. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v35i4.690