Case report: Fatal long-term intoxication by 2,4-dinitrophenol and anabolic steroids in a young bodybuilder with muscle dysmorphia.

ABSTRACT: A case of chronic intoxication by 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP) is reported in a 21-year-old bodybuilder, also known as an abuser of anabolic steroids, who died after ingesting 2 grams of this substance after 6 months of repeated consumption. The bodybuilder presented the triad of symptoms - tachycardia, tachypnoea, profuse sweating - from 6 months before his death, and was hospitalised for multiple organ failure 4 months before his death. Medical staff attributed this serious episode to his consumption of 2,4-DNP. Although the triad of symptoms persisted, he denied continuing to consume 2,4-DNP during consultations with his general practitioner, who therefore looked into a possible diagnosis of endocrine or tumour disorder. The bodybuilder died of multi-organ failure. The autopsy found diff

SUBMITTER: Hermetet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11628266 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature