Citation

Nguyen MV, Katz T, Borhart J. J. Emerg. Med. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.01.005

PMID

32201086

Abstract

A 33-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with chemical burns on his hands from handling paint thinner without using gloves. He had approximately 7 h of direct contact of Klean-Strip® (W.M. Barr & Company, Memphis, TN) on his bilateral hands. Klean-Strip is comprised primarily of Stoddard solvent, a petroleum-derived mixture of organic hydrocarbons (1). The patient reported severe burning pain throughout his palms and fingers. The palmar aspects of his hands were discolored and waxy, with a leather-like texture, particularly at his distal fingertips ...

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