Occupational Lead Poisoning in a Patient with Acute Abdomen and Normocytic Anemia.
abdominal colic
construction worker
lead
normocytic anemia
occupational exposure
Journal
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
ISSN: 1349-7235
Titre abrégé: Intern Med
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 9204241
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
entrez:
16
6
2020
pubmed:
17
6
2020
medline:
28
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We herein report a 24-year-old male construction worker with occupational lead poisoning who presented with acute abdomen and normocytic anemia. The levels of urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin were elevated without any increase in the level of urine porphobilinogen. Detection of an elevated blood lead level of 100 μg/dL confirmed a diagnosis of lead poisoning. Chelation therapy with calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate resulted in prompt improvement of the clinical symptoms and the blood lead level. Clinicians should be aware that lead poisoning caused by occupational exposure can still occur sporadically in construction workers in Japan.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32536679
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4176-19
pmc: PMC7364248
doi:
Substances chimiques
Lead
2P299V784P
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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