Methemoglobinemia due to malachite green ingestion in a child

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2008 Apr;46(4):320-1. doi: 10.1080/15563650701387200.

Abstract

Malachite green is a commercially available dye used to treat parasitic and fungal disease in fish. No previous reports of human injury could be located from acute ingestion of malachite green. We report a case of methemoglobinemia of 51% in a 3 year old girl after acute ingestion of malachite green from a commercially available aquarium product.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fungicides, Industrial / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Methemoglobinemia / chemically induced*
  • Methemoglobinemia / drug therapy
  • Methemoglobinemia / pathology
  • Methylene Blue / therapeutic use
  • Rosaniline Dyes / poisoning*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Fungicides, Industrial
  • Rosaniline Dyes
  • malachite green
  • Methylene Blue