Failure of radiotherapy to resolve fatal lung damage due to paraquat poisoning.

Franzen, D; Baer, F; Heitz, W; Mecking, H; Eidt, S; Käferstein, H; Baldamus, C A; Curtius, J M et al. · Chest · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The most effective treatment of severe paraquat poisoning in man is uncertain. In order to prevent pulmonary fibrosis, we employed radiotherapy of both lungs in a 23-year-old patient with severe paraquat poisoning; however, it failed to prevent the fatal outcome.

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