Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology (대한임상독성학회지)

Korean society of Clincal Toxicology (대한임상독성학회)
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A Patient with Cellulitis from Intramuscular Glyphosate Injection

Glyphosate 근주 후 발생한 봉와직염 1례

  • Kim, Yoon-Sung (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Ohk, Taek-Gun (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Shin, Myeung-Cheol (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Choi, Hyun-Young (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Moon, Joong-Bum (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Eun (Department of Emergency Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University) ;
  • Seo, Jeong-Yeul (Department of Emergency Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University) ;
  • Ahn, Moo-Eob (Department of Emergency Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University) ;
  • Cho, Byung-Ryul (Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Yang-Hoon (Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Bong-Ki (Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Myeung (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Cho, Jun-Hwi (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University)
  • 김윤성 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 옥택근 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 신명철 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 최현영 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 문중범 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실) ;
  • 김성은 (한림대학교 춘천성심병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 서정열 (한림대학교 춘천성심병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 안무업 (한림대학교 춘천성심병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 조병렬 (강원대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김용훈 (강원대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이봉기 (강원대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김명 (강원대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 조준휘 (강원대학교 의과대학 응급의학교실)
  • Published : 2007.06.13
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Abstract

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in widely used herbicides. It acts through inhibition of the shikimate metabolic pathway in plants. This pathway does not exist in mammals, however, so glyphosate is presumably less toxic to humans. Nevertheless, fatal cases of glyphosate poisoning in humans have still occurred. Cases of glyphosate poisoning reported in the previous literature were almost always caused by intentional ingestion. Therefore, intramuscular injection of glyphosate with suicidal intent has not been reported. We report a case of 43-year-old man with poisoning due to intramuscular injection of glyphosate herbicide. He was admitted to the emergency department with a chilling sensation, local hotness, swelling, and tenderness at the site of glyphosate injection. He was treated with intravenous antibiotics and analgesics for 10 days and was discharged without any other complication.

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