Introduction

There are three major forms of elemental Phosphorus present in environment – white, red and black. Red phosphorus causes discoloration of white phosphorus leading to formation of yellow phosphorus.¹Yellow phosphorus is used in many industrial products like rodenticides, firework and fertilizers.² Its easy availability makes it impossible to prevent and control the incidence of phosphorus poisoning. Fatal dose of yellow phosphorus is 1mg/kg.³

In our case report we are presenting a case of 41year old male who developed acute liver dysfunction due to yellow phosphorus poisoning and was well managed with plasmapheresis.

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Dr Aparna Jayara