1988/01/01 by H Madsen, T. Skjødt, Poul J. Jørgensen +1 · 40 citations
Nursing · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Trace Elements in Health #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #Medicine #Lead (geology) #Appendix #Shot (pellet) #Lead poisoning #Lead exposure #Nuclear medicine #Internal medicine #Surgery
paper · doi:10.1080/02841858809171977
published in Acta Radiologica 29(6), 745-746 (SAGE Publishing)
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Seven patients with one or two lead shots retained in the appendix were identified by radiography. For each case, two sex- and age-matched control patients without lead shot in the appendix were found. None of the 7 patients with lead shot in the appendix had blood lead levels (median 0.55 mumol/l) approaching the toxic levels, but they averaged almost twice the levels of the controls (median 0.29 mumol/l). Thus, lead shots may add to individual lead exposures, and blood lead analysis should be performed, at least when more than a few lead shots are present.