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Vinyl chloride related hepatic angiosarcoma in a polyvinyl chloride autoclave cleaner in Australia
S M Riordan1, C K Loo, R W Haber
1Prince Henry Hospital, Anzac Parade, Little Bay, NSW.
The Medical Journal of Australia
|July 15, 1991
Abstract
Objective:
To present the first case of vinyl chloride related hepatic angiosarcoma in Australia.
Clinical Features:
A 51-year-old male caucasian former polyvinyl chloride autoclave cleaner in an Australian chemical plant developed hepatic angiosarcoma, presenting 15 years after his last exposure to vinyl chloride monomer.
Outcome:
He developed encephalopathy and died in oliguric renal failure 21 days after admission to hospital.
Conclusion:
Hepatic angiosarcoma may develop in other workers similarly exposed.
