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Bilateral sudden deafness following combined insecticide poisoning.
Author(s) -
Harell Moshe,
Shea John J.,
Emmett John R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197808000-00018
Subject(s) - methoxychlor , malathion , medicine , toxicology , toxicity , anesthesia , pesticide , biology , agronomy
A case of combined poisoning due to exposure to an aerosol containing both malathion and methoxychlor (sold under the trade name Ortho TM Orchard Spray in the United States) is presented. The following unusual features occurred in the course and outcome of the poisoning: slow onset of symptoms and signs, bilateral profound and permanent sensorineural hearing loss, and residual peripheral neuropathies in the extremities. The possible potentiation of the usually low toxicity of malathion is suggested and discussed.