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Case Reports
. 2018 Jun 26:2018:1313096.
doi: 10.1155/2018/1313096. eCollection 2018.

Hair Loss: Evidence to Thallium Poisoning

Guifang Yang  1 , Changluo Li  2 , Yong Long  2 , Lijuan Sheng  3
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Hair Loss: Evidence to Thallium Poisoning

Guifang Yang et al. Case Rep Emerg Med. .

Abstract

In clinical practice, thallium poisoning is very hard to diagnose, because it is a very uncommon disease and its clinical manifestations are extremely complicated. In the present study, we investigated a case of a 53-year-old man who was hospitalized for persistent stabbing pain in the abdomen and lower extremities for 20 days. Physical examination revealed diffuse alopecia of the scalp. The final diagnosis of thallium poisoning was confirmed based on high blood and urine thallium levels. The patient was cured by an oral administration of Prussian blue combined with hemoperfusion and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.

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Hair partial loss (February 20, 2014).
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All hair loss (February 26, 2014).
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Hair grown completely (September, 2014).
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