Duncan Andrew, Taylor Andrew, Leese Elizabeth, Allen Sam, Morton Jackie, McAdam Julie
Scottish Trace Element & Micronutrient Reference Laboratory, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
Ann Clin Biochem. 2015 Jul;52(Pt 4):510-5. doi: 10.1177/0004563214559222. Epub 2014 Oct 24.
The case of a 50-year-old man who died mysteriously after being admitted to hospital is reported. He had raised the possibility of being poisoned prior to his death. A Coroner's post-mortem did not reveal the cause of death but this was subsequently established by post-mortem trace element analysis of liver, urine, blood and hair all of which revealed very high arsenic concentrations.