Nephrolithiasis in a worker with cadmium exposure in the past.
OBJECTIVE
A clinical case regarding a cadmium-exposed worker is described.


METHODS
The subject during the work as welder (male, 42-years-old at the time of the first investigation) developed a Fanconi-like syndrome due to high exposure to cadmium fumes. Ten years after exposure removal, the subject showed clinical and laboratory evidence of nephrolithiasis (calcium phosphate stones).


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical case confirms the possibility of nephrolithiasis in cadmium-exposed workers and suggests that susceptible subjects may develop kidney stones after lesion of the tubular cells.
Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy. andrea.trevisan@unipd.it
Andrea
A
Trevisan
Claudio
C
Gardin
D000328:Adult; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005198:Fanconi Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D012306:Risk; D014896:Welding