Misdiagnosis of occupational chronic n-hexane poisoning: an analysis of 16 cases / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
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(12): 930-931, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-289755
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the cause of misdiagnosis of occupational chronic n-hexane poisoning and to investigate the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical data of 16 patients with occupational chronic n-hexane poisoning who had been misdiagnosed with other diseases were collected. The hospital they first visited, cause of misdiagnosis, clinical features, and the misdiagnosis rate among inpatients during the same period were retrospectively analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Sixteen of 62 patients hospitalized during the same period were misdiagnosed at the first visit; 11 cases were in the upper first-class hospitals, and 5 cases in the upper second-class hospitals; 5 cases were misdiagnosed as Green Barry syndrome, 2 cases as motor neuron disease, 2 cases as drug-induced peripheral neuropathy, 3 cases as periodic paralysis, and 4 cases had uncertain diagnosis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Most doctors who work in ordinary hospitals do not know occupational chronic n-hexane poisoning, which is often misdiagnosed as general neuropathies or difficult diseases. The key to correct diagnosis is to know the patient's occupational history and clinical features.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Poisoning
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Chronic Disease
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Retrospective Studies
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Diagnostic Errors
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Hexanes
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Hospitals
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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