Death following crude oil aspiration.
This is a report on three deaths following oil aspiration by workers in petrol tankers. Lung aspiration was demonstrated by the presence of a yellowish-brown material in the alveolar spaces, which was difficult to identify by optic microscopy. Volatile hydrocarbons from petroleum were identified in lung samples by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Histopathological Department, Instituto Nacional de Toxicologia, Seville, Spain.
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Rodriguez
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Martinez
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Martinez-Ruiz
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Paz Giménez
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Menéndez
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Repetto
D002423:Cause of Death; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010578:Petroleum / Q000506:poisoning*; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D014835:Volatilization
D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010578:Petroleum