Intravascular haemolysis due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in a patient with aluminium phosphide poisoning

Aluminium phosphide (ALP) poisoning and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency are two commonly seen clinical presentations in northern India.1,2 However, haemolysis associated with ALP poisoning is very rare, reported previously in only two cases in the literature.3,4 Herein, we report a patient with ALP poisoning presenting with intravascular haemolysis secondary to G6PD deficiency. A 22-year-old man presented to the emergency department with nausea, epigastric distress, vomiting and cola-coloured urine after intentional …