Toxicology · NEET PG Preparation Forensic Medicine
A 40-year-old metal worker presents with severe colicky abdominal pain, constipation, wrist drop, and dark lines along the gingival margins. Laborato…
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A 40-year-old metal worker presents with severe colicky abdominal pain, constipation, wrist drop, and dark lines along the gingival margins. Laboratory investigation reveals microcytic hypochromic anemia with basophilic stippling. Which poison is responsible?
- A.Arsenic
- B.Mercury
- C.LeadCorrect answer
- D.Copper
Solution
Chronic lead poisoning (plumbism) classically presents with lead line on the gums (burtonian line), wrist drop (due to motor neuropathy), colicky abdominal pain (lead colic), and microcytic hypochromic anemia with basophilic stippling due to inhibition of enzymes involved in heme synthesis.
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