Daniel Alvarenga Fernandes, Marília Assunção Jorge, Andréa de Melo Alexandre Fraga, Fabiano Reis
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Abstract
Introduction: Lead poisoning in childhood remains an important public health concern. We highlight the radiological findings in a patient with a high blood lead concentration.
Case summary: A 7-year-old girl presented to hospital with abdominal pain, nausea, and asthenia. Laboratory tests showed severe hypochromic microcytic anemia, punctate basophilic stippling of erythrocytes, and a blood lead concentration of 880 µg/L (4.3 µmol/L).
Images: Radiographs of the femur, tibia, and fibula demonstrated dense metaphyseal bands ("lead lines"). On cranial computed tomography, we observed multiple speck-like and curvilinear hyperdensities involving subcortical regions, putamen, and left cerebellar hemisphere.
Conclusion: In patients with lead poisoning, imaging of the brain and bones may show characteristic features. These imaging findings may point to the diagnosis of lead toxicity when these radiographic findings are discovered during the evaluation of vague complaints such as abdominal pain or mental status changes or when a blood lead concentration is not readily available.
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clinical Toxicology publishes peer-reviewed scientific research and clinical advances in clinical toxicology. The journal reflects the professional concerns and best scientific judgment of its sponsors, the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, the American Association of Poison Control Centers and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology and, as such, is the leading international journal in the specialty.
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