Lead Poisoning From a Ceramic Jug Presenting as Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Jaundice

Lead poisoning may present with non-specific symptoms that may result in unnecessary investigations. We report a case of acute lead poisoning in a previously healthy 28-year-old man who presented with recurrent abdominal pain, jaundice, constipation, and weight loss. An extensive diagnostic work-up...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, Mahmod, Ugarte-Torres, Alejandra, Groshaus, Horacio, Rioux, Kevin, Yarema, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958573
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.27
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author Mohamed, Mahmod
Ugarte-Torres, Alejandra
Groshaus, Horacio
Rioux, Kevin
Yarema, Mark
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description Lead poisoning may present with non-specific symptoms that may result in unnecessary investigations. We report a case of acute lead poisoning in a previously healthy 28-year-old man who presented with recurrent abdominal pain, jaundice, constipation, and weight loss. An extensive diagnostic work-up was completed with inconclusive results. A detailed history revealed an unusual source of lead exposure. Chelation therapy resulted in substantial clinical and biochemical improvement.
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spelling pubmed-47482092016-03-08 Lead Poisoning From a Ceramic Jug Presenting as Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Jaundice Mohamed, Mahmod Ugarte-Torres, Alejandra Groshaus, Horacio Rioux, Kevin Yarema, Mark ACG Case Rep J Case Report Lead poisoning may present with non-specific symptoms that may result in unnecessary investigations. We report a case of acute lead poisoning in a previously healthy 28-year-old man who presented with recurrent abdominal pain, jaundice, constipation, and weight loss. An extensive diagnostic work-up was completed with inconclusive results. A detailed history revealed an unusual source of lead exposure. Chelation therapy resulted in substantial clinical and biochemical improvement. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4748209/ /pubmed/26958573 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.27 Text en Copyright © Mohamed et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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