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- Title
Neobvyklý rentgenový plicní nález u svářeče -- kazuistika.
- Authors
Kadeřábková, O.; Machartová, V.; Bajerová, S.; Čechová, H.; Chudáček, Z.; Senft, V.
- Abstract
Authors present a case study of a 31 year old welder with an unusual radiograph lung finding within the basic diagnosis of asthma bronchiale. The patient was examined for breathing troubles at the outpatient department of the clinic of occupational diseases. The deposits of metal mercury were proved in lungs and in the right heart. The radiograph finding indicated evaluation of the concentration of mercury in blood and urine samples. All samples showed significantly increased concentrations (Hg in blood up to 130 µg/l, Hg in urine up to 420 µg/l). The patient has not shown any signs of chronic mercury intoxication, in the course of the monitored period the clinical and radiograph findings have been stable, the mercury concentration in blood and urine has dropped after 3 years. The patient has not come to the control examination. We learnt from the general practitioner that the patient died due to dilatation cardiomyopathia proved by an autopsy. The etiology of the finding has not been clarified. Presumably it was a lung embolus caused by an i.v. application of mercury. The patient approved an i.v. application of drugs (Pervitin) with the aim of increasing work efficiency.
- Subjects
WELDERS (Persons); RADIOGRAPHY; ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL diseases; OCCUPATIONAL medicine; HEALTH
- Publication
Occupational Medicine / Pracovní Lékarství, 2011, Vol 63, Issue 3/4, p147
- ISSN
0032-6291
- Publication type
Article