Article · Volume 5, Issue 1 · pp. 67–69

Cholestatic presentation of yellow phosphorus poisoning

C. P. Lakshmi¹, Amit Goel¹, Debdatta Basu¹

¹Departments of Medical Gastroenterology and Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.

Abstract

Yellow phosphorus, a component of certain pesticide pastes and fireworks, is well known to cause hepatotoxicity. Poisoning with yellow phosphorus classically manifests with acute hepatitis leading to acute liver failure which may need liver transplantation. We present a case of yellow phosphorus poisoning in which a patient presented with florid clinical features of cholestasis highlighting the fact that cholestasis can rarely be a presenting feature of yellow phosphorus hepatotoxicity.

Keywords: Cholestasis; poisoning; yellow phosphorus

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