Toxicity Summary for Trimethyltin Compounds
Main risks and target organs
Trimethyltin (TMT) is a neurotoxin which damages areas of the limbic system, cerebral cortex, and the brainstem.
Summary of clinical effects
Depending on the dose, the symptoms may appear from a few hours up to 3 days. Signs and symptoms: headache, tinnitus, deafness, visual disturbances, impaired memory, disorientation, attacks of rage, bouts of depression, psychotic behaviour, syncope, coma and, in the most severe cases, respiratory depression requiring artificial.