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Citation

Hall RC, Hall RC. Psychosomatics 1999; 40(6): 513-517.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0033-3182(99)71191-6

PMID

10581981

Abstract

A thin, healthy, partial-vegetarian, white female, who was exposed to three doses of lindane (through the application of Kwell), developed a severe case of long-term lindane poisoning. Review of the literature suggests that her toxicity was so severe because of the repetitive nature of her exposure and the fact that she was partly protein restricted when first exposed. She developed profound central nervous system toxicity, as well as skin and gastrointestinal changes, that persisted for 20 months. She was treated with high doses of Valium. It was noted that every time her Valium was diminished below a critical level, her symptoms tended to recur until she had adequately cleared the lindane from her system. We believe this is the longest term of poisoning reported following exposure to an organochloride insecticide. Her symptoms are well explained by the physiology of these compounds as described in the literature. The case is important, for it represents the longest persistence of symptoms clearly associated with poisoning by the potent gamma isomer of BHC-lindane.


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