Multi-organ failure caused by colchicine poisoning

Schut, N.H.; Romijn, J.A.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 134(31): 1508-1510

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162
PMID: 2392170
Document Number: 355220
A 61-year-old woman was admitted because of colchicine intoxication. After a period with gastrointestinal symptoms multiple organ failure and secondary septicaemia developed. The patient died of irreversible shock. The pharmacology of colchicine and the clinical manifestations and therapy of colchicine intoxication are discussed.

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