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A sclerodermatous syndrome with unusual features following prolonged occupational exposure to organic solvents
Author(s) -
BOTTOMLEY W.W.,
SHEEHANDARE R.A.,
HUGHES P.,
CUNLIFFE W.J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb15152.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , dermatology , library science , family medicine , computer science
We describe a sclerodermatous syndrome in a middle‐aged man wbo bad worked witb a wide variety of organic solvents over a prolonged period. Associated cbanges included cold sensitivity, a restrictive lung defect, peripberal neuropatby, oesopbageal dysfunction, labile bypertension and a monoclonal paraproteinaemia. Tbis unique syndrome is discussed in relation to otber disorders associated witb exposure to organic solvents.