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Case Reports
. 2021 Nov 11;14(11):e246585.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246585.

Paraquat poisoning

Atanu Chandra  1 , Koustav Ali Shah  2 , Shubhashis Mahato  2 , Moni Sankar Bhattacharjee  2 , Tanuka Mandal  2
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Case Reports

Paraquat poisoning

Atanu Chandra et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: general practice / family medicine; poisoning.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Ulcerated and coated tongue along with the formation of slough (paraquat tongue).
Figure 2
Figure 2
High-resolution CT scan of the thorax showing areas of bilateral ground-glass opacities along with patchy fibrosis, predominantly in the lower lobes.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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