Lethal Bentazone Intoxication – A Report of Two Cases

This study presents two cases of lethal bentazone poisonings, their clinical presentation, the course of the disease and the autopsy findings. The first is a 50‐year‐old male who had sprayed corn with a solution of bentazone and was admitted to the hospital with sweating, fever, nausea, vomiting of...

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Published in:Journal of forensic sciences 2018-01, Vol.63 (1), p.321-325
Main Authors: Skavic, Petar, Durakovic, Zijad, Nestic, Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
accident
Autopsies
Bentazone
Benzothiadiazines - analysis
Benzothiadiazines - poisoning
forensic science
Forensic toxicology
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
herbicide
Herbicides - analysis
Herbicides - poisoning
Humans
lethal outcome
Liver
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure - chemically induced
poisoning
Suicide
Zea mays
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Summary:This study presents two cases of lethal bentazone poisonings, their clinical presentation, the course of the disease and the autopsy findings. The first is a 50‐year‐old male who had sprayed corn with a solution of bentazone and was admitted to the hospital with sweating, fever, nausea, vomiting of aqueous and hemorrhagic content, and bloody, watery stools. He was treated according to the symptoms including extracorporeal hemodialysis, but eventually suffered from multiorgan failure (acute respiratory failure, acute liver failure, coagulopathy, acute renal failure, metabolic acidosis, and gastrointestinal bleeding) and died 11.35 h after admittance. The cause of death was probable bentazone intoxication. The second case, also a male, aged 49 who committed suicide by ingesting a bentazone solution. He was transferred to the hospital prostrated and cyanotic and died 14.15 h after admittance despite all efforts by the hospital staff. The cause of death was acute bentazone intoxication.
ISSN:0022-1198
1556-4029
DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.13518