Deliberate self-harm with parenteral chlorpyrifos: a case report

Abstract

AbstractOrganophosphate (OP) pesticide poisoning is one of the most common poisonings in India. Most self-poisoning involves pesticide ingestion. Parenteral pesticide poisoning is unusual. Here we report a case of a middle-aged man who presented with history of deliberate self-harm by injecting chlorpyrifos. The patient presented to the Emergency Department with cholinergic symptoms and blisters and ulcers on the right arm. This case represents an uncommon mode of OP pesticide toxicity and distinctive set of local complications secondary to injection.

Keywords

• Organophosphate
• poisoning
• blisters
• parenteral
• local complications
• case report