A case of acute thallotoxicosis successfully treated with double-filtration plasmapheresis.
Clin Neuropharmacol
; 28(6): 292-4, 2005.
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| ID: mdl-16340387
ABSTRACT
The authors report a 48-year-old Chinese woman who presented with acute peripheral neuritis with progressive alopecia. Laboratory examinations disclosed a high blood concentration of thallium (97 microg/L) versus a normal value (0.9 microg/L), and she was diagnosed as having acute thallotoxicosis. After her hospitalization, the cutantest of dimercaptopropansulfonate sodium was positive and the patient refused to take Prussian blue because it caused constipation. She rapidly entered remission after assistance via double-filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP), suggesting the potential efficacy of DFPP for thallotoxicosis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thallium
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Plasmapheresis
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
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Neuritis
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Neuropharmacol
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article