Lead toxicity due to ingestion of lead-contaminated opium in a patient presenting with motor neuropathy and upper limb paresis : a case report
Other Title(s)
التسمم بالرصاص نتيجة لابتلاع أفيون ملوث بالرصاص عند مريض أظهر اعتلالا عصبيا حركيا و خزل بالطرف العلوي : تقرير حالة
Joint Authors
Mehrpour, Umid
Mirzaei, Sayyid M. M.
Akbari, Ayyub
Zamani, Nasim
Source
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 4 (30 Nov. 2018), pp.529-532, 4 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Publication Date
2018-11-30
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Opium users may present with central or peripheral nervous system-related symptoms, gastrointestinal complications and anaemia; in such cases, lead poisoning should be suspected and chelation therapy initiated as soon as possible.
We report a 64-year-old male patient with a 20-year history of opium addiction who was referred to the Imam Reza Hospital, Birjand, Iran, in 2017 with severe motor neuropathy and paresis in both upper limbs.
His primary symptoms were generalised weakness, abdominal and bone pain, constipation and lower limb paraesthesia that had started several months prior.
In addition, he reported severe progressive bilateral paresis of the upper limbs of one month’s duration.
A diagnosis of lead poisoning was confirmed by a blood lead level of 140 μg/dL.
The patient underwent chelation therapy after which he improved significantly.
At a one-year follow-up visit, he was neurologically intact and symptom-free.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mirzaei, Sayyid M. M.& Akbari, Ayyub& Mehrpour, Umid& Zamani, Nasim. 2018. Lead toxicity due to ingestion of lead-contaminated opium in a patient presenting with motor neuropathy and upper limb paresis : a case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 4, pp.529-532.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891248
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mirzaei, Sayyid M. M.…[et al.]. Lead toxicity due to ingestion of lead-contaminated opium in a patient presenting with motor neuropathy and upper limb paresis : a case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 4 (Nov. 2018), pp.529-532.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891248
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mirzaei, Sayyid M. M.& Akbari, Ayyub& Mehrpour, Umid& Zamani, Nasim. Lead toxicity due to ingestion of lead-contaminated opium in a patient presenting with motor neuropathy and upper limb paresis : a case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2018. Vol. 18, no. 4, pp.529-532.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891248
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 503
Record ID
BIM-891248