Suicide attempt with injection of insecticide in both wrists.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19292194.
- Also identified by DOI 10.3928/01477447-20080201-40.
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Abstract
Organophosphates that are commonly used in agriculture, houses, gardens, and in veterinary medicine worldwide, may be used for suicidal purposes. But suicide attempt with self-injection of organophosphates is rare. This article presents a case of a suicide attempt of a young man with self-injection of an organophosphate insecticide (dichlorvos) to both his wrists.
Medical subject headings
- Dichlorvos
- Laryngeal Edema
- Wrist
Anatomy
- wrist