Esophageal mucosa exfoliation induced by oxalic acid poisoning: A case report

• Published in: Experimental and therapeutic medicine Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 208 - 212
• Main Authors: WANG, JIERU, KAN, BAOTIAN, JIAN, XIANGDONG, WU, XIAOPENG, YU, GUANCAI, SUN, JING
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece D.A. Spandidos 01.01.2016; Spandidos Publications; Spandidos Publications UK Ltd
• Subjects: Abdomen; Acids; acute oxalic acid poisoning; Blood; Care and treatment; Case reports; Cleaning compounds; Complications and side effects; digestive tract expansion; Edema; Esophageal diseases; esophageal mucosa injury; Esophagus; Gangrene; Households; Influence; interventional therapy; Metabolites; Mortality; Nervous system; Oxalic acid; Poisoning; Poisons; Potassium; Risk factors; Urine; Veins & arteries; China; digestive tract expansion; interventional therapy; esophageal mucosa injury; acute oxalic acid poisoning

This study reports the case of a 44-year-old woman with oral oxalic acid poisoning. As the illness progressed, the patient exhibited severe metabolic acidosis, large-area esophageal mucosa injury and acute kidney injury, which required dialysis. A guide wire slipped out of position during the proces...