| Nail injury and diquat exposure: forgotten but not gone. | |
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PMID: 22828259 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Primary fingernail changes that result from chemical exposures are seldom encountered in clinical practice. A cluster investigation was conducted on employees at a pesticide packaging company. Six employees reported simultaneous onset of defects occurring in their fingernails, including nail discoloration, nail dimpling, and nail shedding. Multiple pesticides and herbicides including diquat were used in the facility at the time of the cluster onset. A literature review noted 6 articles published before 1975 documenting similar nail changes associated with paraquat, diquat, or other herbicide use. Only one such case report published after 1985 could be located. Diquat was the only material that was previously reported in the medical literature as causing nail defects and also in use at this facility. Diquat exposure is the most plausible explanation for the observed changes in these workers' fingernails. |
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Thomas Kibby; Daniel S Ring |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug : official journal of the American Contact Dermatitis Society, North American Contact Dermatitis Group Volume: 23 ISSN: 1710-3568 ISO Abbreviation: Dermatitis Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-07-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101207335 Medline TA: Dermatitis Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 176-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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From the *Toxicology Section, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis; and †West County Dermatology, Inc, Chesterfield, MO. |
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