<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Anani PA</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Ribaux C</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Gardiol D</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1987</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">A case of intestinal talcosis in a 46-year-old man is reported. At the age of 27, the patient was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with tablets containing talc (183 g talc per 2,670 g total drug intake) over a period of 28 months. Eighteen years later, the patient was hospitalized for abdominal pain that remained refractory to antacids; he subsequently underwent a right hemicolectomy. Light-microscopic examination revealed a prominent fibrosis of the intestinal wall in which birefringent particles were demonstrated by polarized light. Using energy-dispersive spectroscopy, an analysis of these particles showed that they were predominantly composed of silicon and magnesium as well as small amounts of phosphorus, sulphur, calcium, and iron--the spectrum typically associated with talc. We believe that the source of this talc is the tablets ingested by the patient during prior antituberculosis therapy.</dc:description>
  <dc:identifier>https://sonar.ch/global/documents/124144</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1097/00000478-198711000-00007</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/3674285</dc:relation>
  <dc:source>The American journal of surgical pathology. - 1987</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Cecum</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Colon</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Crystallization</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Fibrosis</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">Humans</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">Intestinal Diseases</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">Intestinal Mucosa</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns8="xml" ns8:lang="en">Male</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns9="xml" ns9:lang="en">Middle Aged</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns10="xml" ns10:lang="en">Spectrum Analysis</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns11="xml" ns11:lang="en">Talc</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns12="xml" ns12:lang="en">Unusual intestinal talcosis.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>