Acute Arsenic Intoxication Diagnosed by Roentgenograms

Abstract

IT has previously been reported that arsenic trioxide is a radiopaque material that appears much the same as barium on roentgenograms of the abdomen.^{1 , 2} A case has been reported in which an ante-mortem diagnosis was facilitated by roentgenograms of the abdomen.² This paper concerns a second patient, the wife of the patient previously described, in whom a plain film of the abdomen aided in the diagnosis of acute arsenic poisoning. This permitted the early institution of proper therapy, which probably resulted in the patient's survival.Case ReportA 46-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room of the Evangelical Deaconess . . .