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Fatal hair dye poisoning: A case report

Bardale Rajesh , Bardale Rajesh , Dixit Pradeep , Ali Mohd.

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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 3(1):p 35-36, January - March 2010. | DOI:

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Paraphenylene diamine (PPD) is common ingredient in most of the hair dye preparations and posing emerging threat as a suicidal agent. Clinical manifestations include numbness & burning of mouth, throat and vomiting along with respiratory distress and dysphagia. Rhabdomyolysis, intravascular hemolysis, oliguria/anuria, acute renal failure and toxic myocarditis have also been associated with the compound. This case report provides autopsy and toxicological findings in an intentional ingestion of hair dye preparation.

Key words: Hair dye, paraphenylene diamine, death, autopsy, toxicological findings

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