Interstitial fibrosis following hydrogen sulfide exposure.
This case report describes a patient with interstitial fibrosis 4 years after poisoning by hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide causes pulmonary edema and is also toxic to the nervous system. Long-term pulmonary sequelae of hydrogen sulfide poisoning has not been reported frequently in the literature.
Duong
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University of Utah, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Suruda
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Maier
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000393:Air Pollutants; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide