Saturnism caused by hand-made plates: partial diagnosis by a computer-aided program.
A man, aged 41 years, suffering from anaemia and abdominal pains was admitted to the Department of Medicine. Over the previous 2 years he had had several periods in hospital for these symptoms. There was, apparently, no occupational or accidental exposure to toxic substances and a correct diagnosis of the condition had not been possible. The computer-aided program AIDEDIAG II was therefore used to attempt a diagnosis. This approach indicated possible saturnism which was confirmed by metabolic and lead analyses. The lead source was identified as the hand-made food-plates used by the patient for his meals.
Chassaing
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Hôpital de Sarlat, Service de Médecine Interne, France.
Bonini
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Counord
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Courtes
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C
Nguyen
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Creppy
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EE
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis
D007854:Lead