[Morphologic changes in the nervous system in acute oral poisoning with dichloroethane].

The nervous system of 14 patients dying of acute oral poisoning with dichloroethane was examined morphologically. Considerable vascular disorders (perivascular edema, congestive plethora, vascular dystony, small focal hemorrhages) and diffuse changes in the cerebral cells were found. The main forms of parenchymatous changes in the brain and spinal cord were acute swelling, shrinking, severe disease and ischemic changes in the nerve cells which occurred within 3--6 hours after taking dichlorethane. Pathomorphology of fibers of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves was presented by moderately marked myelin degeneration.