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Cyanide poisoning
Contributed by Tran Dai Nghia
Cyanide was detected in the stomach content of this patient.
Cyanide poisoning characteristically tends to affect the structures that have the highest oxygen requirement, and are therefore the most sensitive to oxygen deprivation: the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex. Acute cyanide poisoning can cause rapid deterioration and death…
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