Knapp M J, Bunn W B, Stave G M
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
South Med J. 1991 Aug;84(8):1031-3. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199108000-00021.
A 23-year-old man had adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by acute exposure to sulfuric acid fumes. The patient survived the initial hospitalization to be readmitted later with a lung abscess. After therapy, his chest roentgenogram and pulmonary function tests revealed no abnormalities except a marginally decreased DLCO, and he was without functional deficit. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema probably resulted from direct alveolar injury caused by sulfuric acid.
