Talc inhalation is a life-threatening condition

Yoram Dekel, Lea Rath-Wolfson, Carlos Rudniki, Rumelia Koren*

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Abstract

A case of rapidly progressive disease and pulmonary hypertension due to chronic cosmetic talc inhalation is presented. Although an uncommon cause of pulmonary hypertension, talc, especially through intravenous administration, should be included in the etiology of parenchymal pulmonary hypertension. In our case talc inhalation was inadvertent, causing fulminant disease leading to the patient's death. To our knowledge, this is the first case of inadvertent talc inhalation causing death in adult patient.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-233
Number of pages3
JournalPathology and Oncology Research
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome
  • Fibrosis
  • Talc inhalation

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