Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 482--485

Rapid onset pulmonary fibrosis due to paraquat poisoning


Jagannath Dhadwad, Govind S Shiddapur, Kapil Borawake, Harshad Patil 
 Department of Medicine, Pad Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Harshad Patil
Department of Medicine, pad Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra
India

Grammaxone (paraquat) is trade name for N,N�SQ�-dimethyl-4,4′bipyridinium dichloride. It is most widely used as herbicide. It came into disrepute because of accidental or intentional ingestion leading to a high mortality. Paraquat is commonly preferred for suicide by farmers because of easy availability, low cost, low toxic dose. Here we are reporting a case of paraquat poisoning with pulmonary fibrosis developing over 2 weeks.


How to cite this article:
Dhadwad J, Shiddapur GS, Borawake K, Patil H. Rapid onset pulmonary fibrosis due to paraquat poisoning.Med J DY Patil Univ 2014;7:482-485


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Dhadwad J, Shiddapur GS, Borawake K, Patil H. Rapid onset pulmonary fibrosis due to paraquat poisoning. Med J DY Patil Univ [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];7:482-485
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