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A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer
BACKGROUND: Occupational radiation exposure causes certain types of cancer, specifically hematopoietic diseases like leukemia. In Korea, radiation exposure is monitored and recorded by law, and guidelines for compensation of radiation-related diseases were implemented in 2001. However, thus far, no...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25650277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-014-0054-8 |
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author | Park, Chulyong Choi, Sungyeul Kim, Dohyung Park, Jaechan Lee, Saerom |
author_facet | Park, Chulyong Choi, Sungyeul Kim, Dohyung Park, Jaechan Lee, Saerom |
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description | BACKGROUND: Occupational radiation exposure causes certain types of cancer, specifically hematopoietic diseases like leukemia. In Korea, radiation exposure is monitored and recorded by law, and guidelines for compensation of radiation-related diseases were implemented in 2001. However, thus far, no occupation-related disease was approved for compensation under these guidelines. Here, we report the first case of radiation-related disease approved by the compensation committee of the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, based on the probability of causation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45-year-old man complained of chronic fatigue and myalgia for several days. He was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. The patient was a diagnostic radiographer at a diagnostic radiation department and was exposed to ionizing radiation for 21 years before chronic myeloid leukemia was diagnosed. His job involved taking simple radiographs, computed tomography scans, and measuring bone marrow density. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first approved case report using quantitative assessment of radiation. More approved cases are expected based on objective radiation exposure data and the probability of causation. We need to find a resolution to the ongoing demands for appropriate compensation and improvements to the environment at radiation workplaces. |
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spelling | pubmed-43124402015-02-03 A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer Park, Chulyong Choi, Sungyeul Kim, Dohyung Park, Jaechan Lee, Saerom Ann Occup Environ Med Case Report BACKGROUND: Occupational radiation exposure causes certain types of cancer, specifically hematopoietic diseases like leukemia. In Korea, radiation exposure is monitored and recorded by law, and guidelines for compensation of radiation-related diseases were implemented in 2001. However, thus far, no occupation-related disease was approved for compensation under these guidelines. Here, we report the first case of radiation-related disease approved by the compensation committee of the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, based on the probability of causation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45-year-old man complained of chronic fatigue and myalgia for several days. He was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. The patient was a diagnostic radiographer at a diagnostic radiation department and was exposed to ionizing radiation for 21 years before chronic myeloid leukemia was diagnosed. His job involved taking simple radiographs, computed tomography scans, and measuring bone marrow density. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first approved case report using quantitative assessment of radiation. More approved cases are expected based on objective radiation exposure data and the probability of causation. We need to find a resolution to the ongoing demands for appropriate compensation and improvements to the environment at radiation workplaces. BioMed Central 2014-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4312440/ /pubmed/25650277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-014-0054-8 Text en © Park et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Park, Chulyong Choi, Sungyeul Kim, Dohyung Park, Jaechan Lee, Saerom A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title | A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title_full | A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title_fullStr | A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title_full_unstemmed | A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title_short | A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
title_sort | case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25650277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-014-0054-8 |
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