Angiosarcoma, porphyria cutanea tarda, and probable chloracne in a worker exposed to waste oil contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Date
1993-01-01
DOI
Authors
McConnell, R.
Anderson, K.
Russell, W.
Anderson, K. E.
Clapp, Richard
Silbergeld, E. K.
Landrigan, P. J.
Version
OA Version
Citation
McConnell, R., Anderson, K., Russell, W., Anderson, K. E., Clapp, R., Silbergeld, E. K., & Landrigan, P. J. (1993). Angiosarcoma, porphyria cutanea tarda, and probable chloracne in a worker exposed to waste oil contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 50(8), 699-703.
Abstract
A worker developed angiosarcoma, porphyria cutanea tarda, and skin lesions characteristic of mild chloracne. About 10 years earlier he had been employed at a truck terminal in Saint Louis, Missouri, at a time when it was sprayed with waste oil contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). The occurrence of these three rare conditions in a single exposed worker supports the aetiological relation between environmental exposure to TCDD and the subsequent development of soft tissue sarcoma and porphyria cutanea tarda.