[Acute poisoning caused by cantharidin ingestion for aphrodisiac purposes. A clinical case]. / Intossicazione acuta per ingestione di cantaridina a scopo afrodisiaco. Caso clinico.

We report a case of a man who died after ingestion of cantharidin as aphrodisiac. After evaluating the toxicology, we examined the development and therapeutic possibilities of handling the poisoning including charcoal hemoperfusion.

[Acute cocaine poisoning in a body packer. Clinical case]. / Intossicazione acuta da cocaina in "body packer". Caso clinico.

This report takes into consideration the complications due to "body packers" cocaine absorption. In particular we report a clinical case in which severe dysrhythmias occurred. We think an early insertion of a pacemaker able to rid ectopic focus by overdriving is essential by comparison with an effective anti-dysrhythmic therapy. We also examine the cocaine metabolites values in the patient's serum and urine.

[Acute poisoning from arsenous anhydride ingestion. A clinical case]. / Intossicazione acuta per ingestione di anidride arseniosa. Caso clinico.

A clinical case of acute poisoning after ingestion of arsenic trioxide is reported. We have, in particular, underlined the importance of identification of arsenic in faeces and urine for diagnosis and therapy.