RADIO-OPAQUE PUNCTATE OPACITIES ON THE CHEST RADIOGRAPH FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS-INJECTION OF A BISMUTH COMPOUND

Authors
ADDRIZZOHARRIS DJ CHURG A ROM WN
Citation
Dj. Addrizzoharris et al., RADIO-OPAQUE PUNCTATE OPACITIES ON THE CHEST RADIOGRAPH FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS-INJECTION OF A BISMUTH COMPOUND, Thorax, 52(3), 1997, pp. 303-304
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
303 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1997)52:3<303:RPOOTC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The case history is described of a patient who presented with small ro unded punctate metallic opacities widely dispersed on the chest radiog raph with accumulation of metallic particles in the right ventricle. E nergy dispersive x ray spectroscopy of alveolar macrophages identified a major predominant peak as bismuth. The patient had been injected wi th a health tonic in Honduras two years earlier.