Case report Arch Dis Child 2010;95:482–483. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.171454482 D

th er ap y A toddler who had ingested a signifi cant amount of ferrous sulphate was admitted to the regional paediatric intensive care unit for supportive treatment. He received gastric lavage, bowel irrigation and intravenous desferrioxamine. He had a very high serum iron level of 700 µmol/l and was commenced on continuous veno-venous haemofi tration. His serum iron levels quickly returned to normal and he made a good recovery, with no permanent sequelae from the ingestion. CASE REPOR