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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(5):713-718. Published online May 15, 1995.

A Case of Lacquer-Thinner Intoxication

Young Soo YS Baik¹, Hee Sin HS Ko¹, Kyung Bae KB Kwon¹, Doo Kwun DK Kim¹, Sung Min SM Choi¹, Woo Taek WT Kim¹, Jeong Ok JO Choi², Hyun Jong HJ 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

Abstract

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.

Keywords :ntoxication, Lacquer-Thinner