Toxin- and Drug-Induced Pathologies

Dettmeyer, R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20659-7_5

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“…To the authors best knowledge, this is the first report of a "hairspray-lung" presenting a severe infiltration of the lungs with fungi, unusual defects and lipophages in the brain, altogether findings which have not been described with regard to a case of hairspray inhalation so far. The mycosis of the lungs was found by histological investigations and can be considered as a result of long term hairspray inhalation, a finding which should be attributed to the group of toxininduced pathologies [14]. This once more underlines the sense and necessity to initiate conventional histological stainings including special stainings, not only to detect fungi in cases of suspected hairspray inhalation, but also in other cases to clarify cause of death [15].…”

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Chronic abuse of hairspray by inhalation and sudden death of a 20-year-old woman

Lang¹,

Felske-Zech²,

Veit³

et al. 2015

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Severe morphological findings due to long-term and excessive inhalation of hairspray are rarely described. We present the case of a 20-year-old woman who was found lifeless in her room unexpected. She was known for inhalating hairspray since the age of fourteen, consuming up to 10 hairspray cans per day prior to death. Histological investigations showed lungs with fibrosing alveolitis and an increased number of macrophages but rare foreign body reaction (so called "hairspray-lung") although foreign material was present. Surprisingly there were also numerous conidiae found in the lungs. Independent from the pathological findings in the lungs, myocardium presents a focal myocarditis with single cell necrosis and a lympho-monocytic infiltration as cause of death.

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confidence: 96%