title: [Lead intoxication due to taking snuff (author's transl)].
abstract: Clinically manifest lead poisoning was diagnosed in a 66-year-old patient, the cause of which remained unclear at first. In the search for the source of poison it was surprisingly discovered that the patient had been inhaling lead contaminated snuff for several years. Two years after elimination of the source the patient was symptom-free, pathological laboratory findings had be come normal except for a slight increase of erythrocyte protoporphyrins.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000032:analysis; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid
vernacular_title: Blei-Intoxikation durch Schnupftabak.