Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine (May 2015)

Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions

  • Ines Bel Waer,
  • Wafa Masri,
  • Nedia Chaouali,
  • Fathia Khlifi,
  • Ines Gana,
  • Anouar Nouioui,
  • Dorra Ben Salah,
  • Dorra Amira,
  • Hayet Ghorbel,
  • Abderrazzek Hedhili

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12816/0011258
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1

Abstract

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Cyanide is one of the most lethal and devastating poisons. It causes acute toxicity through smoke inhalation simultaneously with carbon monoxide, or by ingestion of cyanide salts that are commonly used in metallurgy and in jewelry or textile industries. Cyanide intoxication is an extremely rare event; in the present study, we report a case of cyanide poisoning involving a 25-year-old jeweler, who ingested a jewelry cleaning solution containing potassium cyanide in a suicide attempt.

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