Methemoglobinemia caused by the accidental contamination of drinking water with sodium nitrite.

摘要: Sodium nitrite is used commercially as a coloring agent, food preservative and corrosion inhibitor. Accidental poisoning usually results from the ingestion of contaminated water causes gastrointestinal irritation, vasodilatation methemoglobinemia with subsequent tissue hypoxia. We describe an unusual case sodium nitrite-induced following drinking To our knowledge this first report such case.