Polyneuropathy possibly caused by 30 years of low exposure to n-hexane.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A slowly developing, mainly sensory, polyneuropathy was found in a 60-year-old man exposed to n-hexane (10-100 mg/m3) for 30 years in a mountain fuel stockpile. The nerve damage was verified by electromyography and sural nerve biopsy, and it is proposed that also a low-grade, but prolonged, exposure to n-hexane may cause polyneuropathy.
Medical subject headings
- Hexanes
- Occupational Diseases
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases