Barium carbonate poisoning mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Abstract

Areflexic quadriplegia due to barium carbonate (rat poison) poisoning is described in two young patients. These cases very closely resembled Guillain-Barre syndrome. The various effects of barium carbonate along with the pathogenesis of hypokalaemic paralysis are highlighted.

• Authors: T K Koley, A K Goyal, M D Gupta
• Journal: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (J Assoc Physicians India) Vol. 49 Pg. 656-7 (Jun 2001) ISSN: 0004-5772 [Print] India
• PMID: 11584944 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Carbonates
• Barium
• barium carbonate

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Barium (poisoning)
• Carbonates (poisoning)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Hypokalemia (chemically induced, complications)
• Male
• Quadriplegia (chemically induced)
• Suicide, Attempted