Case reports of indium lung disease in Taiwan
| Autor: | Hao-Yi Fan, Yu-Chung Tsao, Jiin-Chyuan John Luo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Inhalation business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology chemistry.chemical_element General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease Gastroenterology Pulmonary function testing Elevated serum 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Lung disease 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Pulmonary fibrosis medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Aluminum oxide Indium |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 120:893-898 |
| ISSN: | 0929-6646 |
| Popis: | The production of indium-tin oxide has increased in the past decades due to the increased manufacture of liquid crystal displays (LCD). Taiwan is one of the highest indium-consuming countries worldwide. After repeated inhalation, indium oxide (In2O3) particles would accumulate in the lungs, resulting in severe lung effects. We report two workers of an LCD producing facility with elevated serum indium level up to 149 and 73.8 μg/L (normal value 3.5 μg/L), which was much higher than that observed in previous case reports in Taiwan. We collected their detailed working history, symptoms, pulmonary function, radiologic findings, and followed up for more than one year. We also performed workplace evaluation of the facility. We observed that sandblasters who clean components of ITO thin-film production machinery by sandblasting with aluminum oxide tend to have higher indium exposure with worse pulmonary functions and HRCT findings. |
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