Zinc burns: a rare burn injury.
A patient was presented with significant burns resulting from a workplace accident in a zinc production unit. This occurred as a result of the spontaneous combustion of zinc bleed under high pressure. The patient sustained burns to the face, body, and hands and suffered significant injury to the left cornea. Computed imaging revealed solid particles in the ethmoid sinus and also in the right nasal fossa, dissecting the right lacrimal duct. Photographic documentation is presented. This injury was potentially preventable and resulted from poor observance of safety procedures.
de Juan
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
Ramon
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Santoyo
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Alonso
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology*; D002617:Chemical Industry; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000209:etiology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011312:Pressure; D018605:Spontaneous Combustion; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015032:Zinc / Q000009:adverse effects*
D015032:Zinc