Korean J Gastroenterol.  1999 Oct;34(4):547-550.

A Case of Fulminant Hepatitis Due to Dimethylformamide

Abstract

Dimethylformamide (DMF) is widely used as an organic solvent in chemical industry. The effects of DMF exposure in human are not well documented. Complaints of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, and hepatotoxicity have been reported in workers exposed to DMF. We report a patient with fulminant hepatitis due to the solvent DMF. DMF handling was his major job. He complained of general weakness and showed jaundice. He suffered from hepatic coma due to fulminant hepatitis after admission. The possibility of viral hepatitis, drug induced and alcoholic hepatitis were ruled out from his history and serological study data. We couldn't find any cause of death except fulminant hepatitis from DMF toxicity.

Keyword

Dimethylformamide; Fulminant hepatitis

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Cause of Death
Chemical Industry
Dimethylformamide*
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Headache
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hepatitis*
Hepatitis, Alcoholic
Humans
Jaundice
Nausea
Vomiting
Dimethylformamide
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