Fatal pulmonary arterial thrombosis associated with chlorine gas poisoning.
We present a patient with accidental chlorine gas poisoning who died from pulmonary thrombosis due to a marked increase in hemostatic factors such as von Willebrand factor after recovering from the acute poisoning.
Suzuki
S
S
Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Sumoto, Japan.
Sakamoto
S
S
Maniwa
K
K
Saitoh
A
A
Hirayama
Y
Y
Kobayashi
H
H
Matsuo
T
T
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D002713:Chlorine / Q000506:poisoning*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005739:Gas Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D002713:Chlorine