title: Acute short-term memory loss from trimethyltin exposure.
abstract: We report a case of organic tin exposure in a graduate chemistry student. The inhalational and transcutaneous exposure occurred following a laboratory explosion. The patient initially presented with first and second degree burns of the face and chest, and developed an acute loss of short-term memory 72 hours after exposure. The memory loss gradually improved over the course of several months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Yanofsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nierenberg
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Turco
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects*; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D014298:Trimethyltin Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D014298:Trimethyltin Compounds; C046488:trimethyltin