Table 3.

Signs of thallium poisoning detected at admission or during hospital stay

Signs	Case no.										n
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Skin, hair, and nails
Alopecia	●		●	●	●		●	●	●		7
Loss of lateral third of eyebrows	●			●			●		●		4
Acne								●			1
Hair discoloration					●		●	●	●		4
Dry skin			●								1
Scaling of palms and soles	●		●	●	●	●	●		●		7
Mees lines				●							1
Eczematous lesions				●	●			●	●		4
Gastroenterological
Glossitis								●			1
Stomatitis			●								1
Abdominal tenderness	●	ǂ		●	●	●	●		●	●	7
Abdominal guarding						●	●				2
Hyperactive bowel sounds							●				1
Neurological
Ptosis		ǂ	ǂ	●	●	●			●		4
Abnormal neurological examination	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●		8
Abnormal power	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●		8
Muscle power	3/5	1/5	ǂ	ǂ	ǂ	3/5	4/5	5/5	ǂ	5/5
Impaired proprioception		ǂ	ǂ	●	●	●			●		4
Impaired pin-prick sensation		ǂ	ǂ	●	●	●			●		4
Impaired fine touch sensation		ǂ	ǂ	●	●	●			●		4
Abnormal reflexes	●	●	●	●	●	●			●		7
Deep tendon reflexes	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↔	↔	↓	↔

● Developed the sign, ǂ could not be assessed, ↓ decreased reflexes, ↔ normal reflexes