Irreversible obstructive pulmonary damage after treating wood with lye

Hansen, K.S.; Isager, H.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 150(22): 1363-1364

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782
PMID: 3376318
Document Number: 306692
Corrosive pulmonary damage following exposure to sodium hydroxide has rarely been described. A case of irreversible obstructive pulmonary damage is described in a previously healthy women aged 25 years after treating wood with an alkaline solution for a single day. Only prophylactic measures can prevent pulmonary damage of this type.

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