| A Case of Lacquer-Thinner Intoxication |
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Young Soo Baik1, Hee Sin Ko1, Kyung Bae Kwon1, Doo Kwun Kim1, Sung Min Choi1, Woo Taek Kim1, Jeong Ok Choi2, Hyun Jong Sin3 |
1Department of Pediatrics, Dong Kuk University, College of Medicine, Pohang, Korea
2Department of Family Medicine, Dong Kuk University, College of Medicine, Pohang, Korea
3Department of Chest Surgery, Dong Kuk University, College of Medicine, Pohang, Korea |
| 다발성 합병증을 동반한 소아 락카신너(Lacquer-Thinner)중독 1례 |
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백영수1, 고희신1, 권경배1, 김두권1, 최성민1, 김우택1, 최정옥2, 신현종3 |
1동국대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
2동국대학교 의과대학 가정의학과학교실
3동국대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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We experienced a case of Lacquer-Thinner intoxication in a 14 month old male infant who s uffered from aspiration pneumonia, gastrointestinal bleeding, acute hepatitis, acute renal failure, respiratory failure, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and focal myoclonic seizure.
Lacquer-Thinner is composed of toluene, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, n-butyl alcohol, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, and isophorone. The main components are toluene and xylene. Th e incidence of Laquer-Thinner intoxication is rare.
He was treated with physiotherapy and antibiotics, correction of fluid and electrolyte imbalance, tranfusion of packed red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma, peritoneal dialysis, and artificial ventilation.
He was discharged on the 28th hospital day. No complication has occured since the discharge A brief review of relevant literature was made. |
| Key Words:
ntoxication, Lacquer-Thinner |
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