Two Cases of Convulsion Associated With Caprolactam / 대한산업의학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
; : 116-120, 1998.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Two young men were seen with nausea, vomiting, dermatitis, seizure after two-four days of occupational exposure to caprolactam, a nylon fiber precursor. There were no significant results in laboratory test, brain CT, EEG except leukocytosis, hyperglycemia. Caprolactam has been shown to induce convulsive disorder in experimental animal studios and Tuma et al (1981) described that one worker acutely exposed to caprolactam developed generalized tonic-clonic seizure with leukocytosis. The coincidence of typical skin lesion with otherwise unexplained generalized tonic-clonic seizure in those young man strongly suggests that caprolactam was causal agent.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.9 Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
Health problem:
Occupational Exposures
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Seizures
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Skin
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Vomiting
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Brain
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Caprolactam
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Occupational Exposure
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Dermatitis
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Electroencephalography
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Hyperglycemia
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Leukocytosis
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article