CONCOMITANT ALVEOLITIS AND ASTHMA FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO TRIPHENYLMETHANE TRIISOCYANATE

Authors
BUICK JB TODD GRG
Citation
Jb. Buick et Grg. Todd, CONCOMITANT ALVEOLITIS AND ASTHMA FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO TRIPHENYLMETHANE TRIISOCYANATE, Occupational medicine, 47(8), 1997, pp. 504-506
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Occupational medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09627480
Volume
47
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
504 - 506
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-7480(1997)47:8<504:CAAAFE>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 36-year-old man was admitted to hospital with increasing breathlessn ess. He had been exposed to triphenylmethane triisocyanate. Pulmonary function tests demonstrated physiological abnormalities consistent wit h both asthma and alveolitis. Exposure to less common isocyanates may not be immediately apparent. Asthma developing after isocyanate exposu re is well recognized. Pneumonitis is a relatively rare complication. Measurement oi gas transfer may be helpful in the investigation of iso cyanate toxicity.