ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Case Report: Analytically Confirmed Severe Albenzadole Overdose Presenting with Alopecia and Pancytopenia.
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Abstract
Internet-facilitated self-diagnosis and treatment is becoming more prevalent, putting individuals at risk of toxicity when drugs are acquired without medical oversight. We report a patient with delusional parasitosis who consumed veterinary albendazole purchased on the Internet, leading to pancytopenia, transaminase elevation, and alopecia. A 53-year-old man was sent to the emergency department (ED) by his gastroenterologist because of abnormal laboratory results. The patient had chronic abdominal pain and believed he was infected with parasites. He purchased two bottles of veterinary-grade albendazole on the Internet, and over the 3 weeks before his ED visit, he consumed 113.6 g of albendazole (a normal maximal daily dose is 800 mg). Five days before admission, he noticed hair loss and a rash on his face. His examination was notable for significant scalp hair loss and hyperpigmentation along the jaw line. Laboratory studies were remarkable for pancytopenia (most notably a white blood cell count (WBC) of 0.4 × 10
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