La Medicina del lavoro 1991-01-01

[A case of methemoglobinemia due to 4-nitrobenzonitrile exposure].

G Monechi, G Fabrizi de Biani, L Colasanti

Index: Med. Lav. 82(2) , 137-41, (1991)

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Abstract

The paper describes a singular case of acute intoxication by 4-nitrobenzonitrile, a rare intermediate compound produced by pharmaceutical synthesis. The patients subsequently showed an increase in triglycerides and fatty alterations of the liver.