ABSTRACT

As a result of iron treatment in pregnancy, the second most frequently encountered cases of poisoning stem from usage of iron containing preparations. Untreated, iron toxicity may resuit in gastrointestinal symptoms, increased capillary permeability with venodilatation, organ system failure, and later, gastrointestinal bleeding. Maternal serum iron level or toxicity after an iron overdose is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this case report, we aimed to present acute iron intoxication of a parturient at her 33 weeks of her gestation, due to suicidal ingestion of elemental iron.

Keywords: Pregnancy, iron, intoxication, intestinal irrigation