Hinnen, Urs; Schmid-Grendelmeier, P; Müller, E; Elsner, P (1995). Lösungsmittelexposition bei Sklerodermie: disseminierte zirkumskripte Sklerodermie (Morphea) bei einem Perchlorethylen-exponierten Lackierer. Swiss Medical Weekly, 125(50):2433-2437.
We report on a 45-year-old painter who developed morphea-like scleroderma. He had been exposed to perchlorethylene for one year while operating a metal degreaser; the perchlorethylene concentration in the workplace ranged between 10 and 25 ppm. Whereas systemic scleroderma has frequently been attributed to solvent exposure in the past, this is only the third description of a morphea-like scleroderma suspected to be related to occupational contact with organic solvents.
We report on a 45-year-old painter who developed morphea-like scleroderma. He had been exposed to perchlorethylene for one year while operating a metal degreaser; the perchlorethylene concentration in the workplace ranged between 10 and 25 ppm. Whereas systemic scleroderma has frequently been attributed to solvent exposure in the past, this is only the third description of a morphea-like scleroderma suspected to be related to occupational contact with organic solvents.
| Other titles: | Exposure to solvents in scleroderma: disseminated circumscribed scleroderma (morphea) in a painter exposed to perchloroethylene |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI) |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 610 Medicine & health |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Health Sciences > General Medicine |
| Language: | German |
| Date: | 16 December 1995 |
| Deposited On: | 27 Aug 2015 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2022 06:44 |
| Publisher: | EMH Swiss Medical Publishers |
| ISSN: | 0036-7672 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Free access at: | Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply. |
| PubMed ID: | 8553031 |
Hinnen, Urs