Talc inhalation is a life-threatening condition Yoram Dekel Lea Rath-Wolfson Carlos Rudniki Rumelia Koren Email author Case Report Received: 05 October 2004 Accepted: 12 November 2004 DOI :
10.1007/BF03033766
Cite this article as: Dekel, Y., Rath-Wolfson, L., Rudniki, C. et al. Pathol. Oncol. Res. (2004) 10: 231. doi:10.1007/BF03033766 Abstract A case of rapidly progressive disease and pulmonary hypertension due to chronic cosmetic talc inhalation is presented. Although an uncommon cause of pulmonary hypertension, talc, especially through intravenous administration, should be included in the etiology of parenchymal pulmonary hypertension. In our case talc inhalation was inadvertent, causing fulminant disease leading to the patient’s death. To our knowledge, this is the first case of inadvertent talc inhalation causing death in adult patient.
Keywords talc inhalation fibrosis adult respiratory distress syndrome
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Authors and Affiliations Yoram Dekel Lea Rath-Wolfson Carlos Rudniki Rumelia Koren Email author 1. Department of Pathology Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center Petah Tikva 2. Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel 3. Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv Israel