Interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of fumes of nickel and chrome.
Two male industrial painters were admitted to hospital with dry cough and dyspnoea on exertion following a tank coating operation using a high-temperature spray paint consisting of a nickel-chromium alloy. Both patients showed hypoxaemia, peripheral leukocytosis, high levels of serum cytokines and bilateral ground-glass opacities on a chest CT scan. They were diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of nickel and chrome fumes and successfully treated with corticosteroid. These are rare cases of interstitial pneumonia associated with nickel/chromium inhalation.
Hisatomi
Keiko
K
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, and Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Ishii
Hiroshi
H
Hashiguchi
Koji
K
Seki
Masafumi
M
Ide
Mioko
M
Sugiyama
Kanako
K
Ishimoto
Hiroshi
H
Nakayama
Seiko
S
Mukae
Hiroshi
H
Kohno
Shigeru
S
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects; D002857:Chromium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D002857:Chromium; D009532:Nickel