2024
DOI: 10.4236/odem.2024.121002
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Accidental Ingestion of Nitric Acid in an Agricultural Company: A Case Study and Literature Review

Asséga Sylvain Sagna,
Mame Thioro Aïssatou Fall,
Mossane Dominique Ndour
et al.

Abstract: Introduction: Though common in society, caustic accidental ingestion is rare in the agricultural industry. This study describes a case of ingestion of nitric acid used as an agricultural fertilizer by an ordinary worker at the Société de Cultures Légumières. Clinical Case: This is a 33-year-old unschooled woman who ingested a sip of nitric acid from an abandoned labelled acid canister near a farming plot of land. She showed a burn of the oral cavity with a bleeding tablecloth and an intense retrosternal pain. … Show more

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