-
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi · Apr 1995
Case Reports[A case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to long term exposure to toluene diisocyanate].
- Y Nakamura, H Fujimoto, K Uetani, T Sumda, Y Higashimoto, M Funasako, and M Ohata.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical College Kihoku Hospital, Japan.
- Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 Apr 1; 33 (4): 429-32.
AbstractA 55-year-old paint sprayer, who had been working with paint containing toluence diisocyanate since age 20, was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of exertional dyspnea. Physical examination revealed clubbed fingers, and fine crackles were audible in both lower lung fields. The thoracic CT film showed diffuse linear and ringed shadows in both lung fields. Open lung biopsy disclosed alveolitis and fibrosis as well as infiltration of mononuclear cells, but no Masson bodies or granulomas. Toluene diisocyanate-specific antibody was positive. Based on these results, we diagnosed chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to the chemical. To our knowledge, there has been no previously reported case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to isocyanate.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..