Acute Hexogen Poisoning After Occupational Exposure
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology
- Vol. 34 (1) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.3109/15563659609020244
Abstract
Hexogen (cyclonite, RDX) nitrate explosive is an infrequent cause of poisoning. A 42-year-old man with no prior history of epilepsy experienced grand mal seizures after sieving fine hexogen (RDX) powder for four hours in an ammunition plant. Physical examination was normal on arrival at the emergency room but recurrent seizures occurred six hour after admission. EEG, CT scan and MRI were normal and the patient recovered uneventfully. The available toxicological data on this rare occupational poisoning are reviewed.Keywords
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