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Images of urine and computerized tomography (CT) for the 21-year-old man who ingested ~200 mL of diquat. As shown in (A,B), after exposure to sodium dithionite, the patient's urine turned dark green (tube no. 1); the patient's original urine was darker in color (tube no. 2); the patient's urine turned light green after dilution (tube no. 3). (C,D) Shows partial intestinal gas and dilatation at the fluid level.
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Physical examination revealed no other abnormalities despite abdominal distention and weakening of abdominal sounds; his urine color based on the sodium bicarbonate/dithionite test was dark green (Figures 1A,B). Computed tomography (CT) revealed partial intestinal gas and dilatation at the fluid level (Figures 1C,D) as well as diffuse cerebral edema.
PMC9638031_02
Images of urine and computerized tomography (CT) for the 18-year-old woman who ingested ~200 mL of diquat. As shown in (A), the patient's original urine was dark brown in color: after exposure to sodium dithionite, the patient's urine turned dark green (B). The images were taken 11 h after ingestion; (C,D) show lung damage, and (E,F) show gastrointestinal gas, dilatation, and fluid level; The images were taken 11 h after ingestion.
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CK rose from 177 IU/L (on admission) to 13,617 IU/L; her MYO increased significantly, but her creatinine (169 mumol/L) and urea (5.5 mmol/L) concentrations were mildly elevated. CT showed partial lung interstitial infiltration, gastrointestinal gas, and dilatation with fluid levels (Figure 2).