Life-threatening methaemoglobinaemia secondary to cetrimide
Cetrimide can cause methaemoglobinaemia when used as a protoscolicidal agent during the surgical treatment of hydatid cysts.Severe methaemoglobinaemia has high mortality rate and is usually missed and not easily diagnosed.
Authors
- Radwan Zeidan
- Mohammed Abdallah
- Nazem Matta
- Patricia Nehme
- Mirna Fares
Institutions
- University of Balamand (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2024_004837
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42