Clinical and Pathological Findings in Fatal 1,3-Dichioropropene Intoxication

Abstract

1 A 27-year-old, previously healthy, worker accidentally drank a solution containing 1,3-dichloropropene.

2 He developed gastrointestinal distress, adult respiratory distress syndrome, haematological and hepatorenal functional impairment and died after 40 h.

3 Damage to the pancreas was also thought to have been caused by the chemical as part of a multiorgan disorder.