Multiple medical problems following agent orange exposure.
A patient exposed to agent orange and a gunshot wound during the Vietnam War has developed multiple medical problems including nocardiosis, onychomycosis (Trichophyton rubrum), multiple thromboembolic episodes, hemochromatosis, diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetic neuropathy, activated protein C resistance (without Leyden V 1st mutation), degree A-V block, lung cancer (metastatic adenocarcinoma), carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital/Kaleida Health System, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 14203, USA. jlambrus@netscape.net
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D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*; D000075182:Agent Orange; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D003678:Defoliants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D014728:Veterans; D047829:Vietnam Conflict
D003678:Defoliants, Chemical; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000075182:Agent Orange; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid