The important place of anticoagulants in medicine today makes new observations or little-known reactions to them worthy of notice. While attention of the physician is focused on the main arena of action of this group of drugs, often with anxiety, side-reactions of smaller importance may escape his notice. For this reason we are reporting the case of a child who developed a diffuse alopecia after the ingestion of a coumarin product. The experience of others shows, however, that loss of hair accompanying use of anticoagulants is common.
Report of a Case
A 2-year-old Negro girl was seen in our clinic for loss of hair. She had ingested a proprietary pesticide called "d-Con," whose active ingredient is a coumarin. Soon after this the child fell asleep. Two hours later she awakened, and complained of severe pain in the abdomen. She then vomited copiously and had diarrhea. The vomitus