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Polyneuropathy possibly caused by 30 years of low exposure to n-hexane
L Barregård1, G Sällsten, C Nordborg
1Department of Occupational Medicine, Sahlgren's University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
A slowly developing, mainly sensory, polyneuropathy was found in a 60-year-old man exposed to n-hexane (10-100 mg/m3) for 30 years in a mountain fuel stockpile. The nerve damage was verified by electromyography and sural nerve biopsy, and it is proposed that also a low-grade, but prolonged, exposure to n-hexane may cause polyneuropathy.