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Interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of fumes of nickel and chrome
Author(s) -
HISATOMI Keiko,
ISHII Hiroshi,
HASHIGUCHI Koji,
SEKI Masafumi,
IDE Mioko,
SUGIYAMA Kanako,
ISHIMOTO Hiroshi,
NAKAYAMA Seiko,
Mukae Hiroshi,
Kohno Shigeru
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00926.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inhalation , leukocytosis , pneumonia , interstitial pneumonia , dry cough , lung , anesthesia
Two male industrial painters were admitted to hospital with dry cough and dyspnoea on exertion following a tank coating operation using a high‐temperature spray paint consisting of a nickel‐chromium alloy. Both patients showed hypoxaemia, peripheral leukocytosis, high levels of serum cytokines and bilateral ground‐glass opacities on a chest CT scan. They were diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of nickel and chrome fumes and successfully treated with corticosteroid. These are rare cases of interstitial pneumonia associated with nickel/chromium inhalation.