A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level
Abstract Here we report a case of lead poisoning having a serum lead level of 412 mcg dL−1 who presented with decreasing level of consciousness and recurrent seizures. He responded well to treatment with chelation therapy.
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| author | Farnoosh Masbough Shahin Shadnia Mitra Rahimi Soheil Roshanzamiri Peyman Erfantalab Evini Babak Mostafazadeh |
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| description | Abstract Here we report a case of lead poisoning having a serum lead level of 412 mcg dL−1 who presented with decreasing level of consciousness and recurrent seizures. He responded well to treatment with chelation therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bd838a4e0c0408096a88aabc1cb21a32023-07-26T12:00:45ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-07-01117n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.7663A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead levelFarnoosh Masbough0Shahin Shadnia1Mitra Rahimi2Soheil Roshanzamiri3Peyman Erfantalab Evini4Babak Mostafazadeh5Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranToxicological Research Center, Excellence Center & Department of Clinical Toxicology, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranToxicological Research Center, Excellence Center & Department of Clinical Toxicology, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranToxicological Research Center, Excellence Center & Department of Clinical Toxicology, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranToxicological Research Center, Excellence Center & Department of Clinical Toxicology, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranAbstract Here we report a case of lead poisoning having a serum lead level of 412 mcg dL−1 who presented with decreasing level of consciousness and recurrent seizures. He responded well to treatment with chelation therapy.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7663chelation therapyencephalopathylead poisoningneurotoxicity |
| spellingShingle | Farnoosh Masbough Shahin Shadnia Mitra Rahimi Soheil Roshanzamiri Peyman Erfantalab Evini Babak Mostafazadeh A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level Clinical Case Reports chelation therapy encephalopathy lead poisoning neurotoxicity |
| title | A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| title_full | A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| title_fullStr | A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| title_short | A rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| title_sort | rare case report of lead encephalopathy due to high blood lead level |
| topic | chelation therapy encephalopathy lead poisoning neurotoxicity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7663 |
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