Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker

A 50-year-old male railroad worker presented to his primary care physician with an erythematous, tender skin lesion on the right knee; a biopsy of this lesion revealed squamous cell carcinoma in situ. The site of the lesion was sun-protected but had been associated with 30 years of creosote-soaked c...

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Autores principales: Carlsten, Chris, Hunt, Stephen Carl, Kaufman, Joel D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences 2005
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Environmental Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15626654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7373
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Kaufman, Joel D.
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description A 50-year-old male railroad worker presented to his primary care physician with an erythematous, tender skin lesion on the right knee; a biopsy of this lesion revealed squamous cell carcinoma in situ. The site of the lesion was sun-protected but had been associated with 30 years of creosote-soaked clothing. In this article, we review dermal and other malignancies associated with creosote, along with creosote occupational exposures and exposure limits. This is a unique case, given the lack of other, potentially confounding, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and the sun-protected location of the lesion.
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spelling pubmed-12537162005-11-08 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker Carlsten, Chris Hunt, Stephen Carl Kaufman, Joel D. Environ Health Perspect Environmental Medicine A 50-year-old male railroad worker presented to his primary care physician with an erythematous, tender skin lesion on the right knee; a biopsy of this lesion revealed squamous cell carcinoma in situ. The site of the lesion was sun-protected but had been associated with 30 years of creosote-soaked clothing. In this article, we review dermal and other malignancies associated with creosote, along with creosote occupational exposures and exposure limits. This is a unique case, given the lack of other, potentially confounding, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and the sun-protected location of the lesion. National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences 2005-01 2004-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC1253716/ /pubmed/15626654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7373 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, ?Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives?); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
spellingShingle Environmental Medicine
Carlsten, Chris
Hunt, Stephen Carl
Kaufman, Joel D.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title_full Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title_fullStr Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title_full_unstemmed Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title_short Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin and Coal Tar Creosote Exposure in a Railroad Worker
title_sort squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and coal tar creosote exposure in a railroad worker
topic Environmental Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15626654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7373
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