Acute short-term memory loss from trimethyltin exposure.
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.
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Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.
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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*
D014298:Trimethyltin Compounds; C046488:trimethyltin