Neonate Death Due to Marijuana Toxicity to the Liver and Adrenals – 11 day old baby dies.

Am J Case Rep 2019; 20:1874-1878  DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.919545
CASE REPORT: We report a death of an 11-day-old white female neonate due to acute marijuana toxicity. She died of extensive necrosis and hemorrhage of the liver and adrenals due to maternal use of marijuana.
CONCLUSIONS: This case is unique in that other possible causes of death can be eliminated. With growing use of marijuana by pregnant women and increases in newborn drug screening of umbilical cord homogenate, more cases of neonatal death due to acute marijuana toxicity could be discovered.

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