Abstract

Doc number: 43

Abstract: We present a case report of an auxiliary nurse who developed an adenoid cystic carcinoma in her left maxillary sinus following occupational exposure to formaldehyde in the operating theatre. Currently, the epidemiological evidence that formaldehyde can cause cancer in humans is considered to be limited. Previous case-control-studies of formaldehyde and sinonasal cancer have mainly investigated subjects who were concomitantly exposed to wood dust, a known risk factor to the development of sinonasal adenocarcinoma of intestinal type. Our case report presents a patient who has developed an adenoid cystic carcinoma following exposure to formaldehyde. We suggest that the occupational physician remains alert to formaldehyde as an occupational hazard among health care workers.

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Title
Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma following formaldehyde exposure in the operating theatre
Author
Sandvik, Anniken; Klingen, Tor Audun; Langård, Sverre
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17456673
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-014-0043-4
ProQuest document ID
1643361226
Copyright
© 2014 Sandvik et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.