Multiple medical problems following agent orange exposure

J Med. 2004;35(1-6):265-9.

Abstract

A patient exposed to agent orange and a gunshot wound during the Vietnam War has developed multiple medical problems including nocardiosis, onychomycosis (Trichophyton rubrum), multiple thromboembolic episodes, hemochromatosis, diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetic neuropathy, activated protein C resistance (without Leyden V 1st mutation), degree A-V block, lung cancer (metastatic adenocarcinoma), carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / toxicity*
  • 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / toxicity*
  • Agent Orange
  • Arthritis / etiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / etiology
  • Defoliants, Chemical / toxicity*
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Humans
  • Infections / etiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / etiology
  • Male
  • Metabolic Diseases / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / toxicity*
  • Veterans
  • Vietnam Conflict

Substances

  • Defoliants, Chemical
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
  • Agent Orange
  • 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid