Chest pain and hypoxemia from inhalation of a trichloroethane aerosol product.
A 25-year-old man developed severe shortness of breath, constricting chest pressure, chest pain, cough and myalgia following acute exposure to a waterproofing aerosol that contained trichloroethane. He became febrile and developed a small area of atetectasis with significant hypoxemia. Recovery was complete within 36 hours. This experience suggests that casual use of a trichloroethane aerosol with a surface active agent can cause acute pulmonary toxicity. The mechanism of this injury is unknown.
D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000506:poisoning*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000139:chemically induced; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014240:Trichloroethanes / Q000506:poisoning*
D000336:Aerosols; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D014240:Trichloroethanes