DELAYED ANAPHYLACTOID REACTION IN A WORKER EXPOSED TO CHROMIUM

[摘要] A 29-year-old-male welder reported systemic reactions after exposure to chromium. Inhalation challenge testing to 29 .mu.g/m3 of sodium chromate aerosol resulted in late appearing systemic urticaria, angioedema, and severe bronchospasm that occurred at the same time as a threefold rise in plasma histamine. A direct leukocyte inhibitory factor test to 5.5 .times. 10-6 mol/LNaCrO4 was positive. Although the mechanism of this reaction is unknown, the positive leukocyte inhibitory factor and the general acceptance of hexavalent chromium as a contact skin sensitizer suggest that cell-mediated mechanisms could be involved.

[发布日期] 1986-03-01