A case of phosphorus poisoning with cortisone therapy
Francke, C.; Rookus, P.; Weyne, W.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 98(16): 1071-1074
1954
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 13165822 Document Number: 8096
In an attempted suicide severe phosphorus poisoning resulted from ingestion of 6 grams of rodent, equivalent to 150 milligrams of yellow phosphorus. Prompt recovery followed institution of cortisone therapy. Fatty infiltration or signs of incipient postnecrotic scarring were notably absent in the liver biopsy taken on the 34th day of intoxication.
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