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Human & Experimental Toxicology
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Chronic copper intoxication due to ingestion of coins: a report of an unusual case

N. Hasan

Department of Histopathology, St Andrew's and Newham eneral Hospitals

D. Emery

Department of Surgery St Andrew's and Newham General Hospitals, London E3

SI Baithun

Department of Histopathology, St Andrew's and Newham eneral Hospitals, Department of Morbid Anatomy, The Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, London E1, UK

S. Dodd

Department of Histopathology, St Andrew's and Newham eneral Hospitals, Department of Morbid Anatomy, The Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, London E1, UK

We report an unusual case of acute copper intoxication in a patient who died after swallowing more than 700 coins mainly of 1p and 2p denomination. At autopsy the liver showed fibrosis and extensive copper deposition was demonstrated in the histological sections. Electron probe microanalysis also confirmed the presence of copper in the hepatic tissue.

Key Words: copper intoxication • Wilson's disease • liver pathology difficulties

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 14, No. 6, 500-502 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/096032719501400606
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