A 60-year-old laboratory technician developed pulmonary infiltrates consistent with chemical pneumonitis following accidental exposure to a mixture of hydrogen bromide and phosphorus tribromide. A protracted clinical course ensued consistent with bronchiolitis obliterans. These problems may have been avoided if the potential for subsequent damage had been realized at the time of the initial exp...

This report presents 29 cases of ocular injury (31 eyes) caused by accidental laser exposure. Twenty-eight eyes were injured during laser adjustment and alignment. Nineteen eyes were damaged by Q-switched lasers at a wavelength of 1064 nm. Macula damage occurred in 25 eyes. During the early phase after injury, there were different degrees of retinal coagulation, edema or hemorrhage in exposed s...

Author Affiliations: Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil (Dr Lopes); and Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland (Drs ZayitSoudry, Moshiri, S. B. Bressler, and N. M. Bressler). Correspondence: Dr N. M. Bressler, Wilmer Eye Institute, Maumenee 752, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287-92...

BACKGROUND Hen's egg is one of the main causes of food allergy in children. Accidental exposure is common in food-allergic patients. However, the few studies that analyze this problem focus mainly on peanut allergy. We sought to calculate the frequency of accidental exposure reactions in children allergic to hen's egg during a 12-month period, to analyze the clinical characteristics and circums...