Arbour P
Rhinology. 1991 Sep;29(3):239-41.
Accidental nasal inhalation of molten aluminium can occur during the industrial production of aluminium in spite of stringent safety precautions. In this case, believed to be the first reported in the literature, the initial evaluation of damage to the nasal mucosa was underestimated, because, in addition to a large nugget of aluminium in one nasal fossa, smaller fragments had penetrated deep into the middle meatus. These smaller fragments, undetected because of the poor radiopacity of aluminium, were responsible for extensive tissue damage which caused ethmoiditis and secondary maxillary sinusitis.
尽管采取了严格的安全预防措施，但在铝的工业生产过程中仍可能发生意外经鼻吸入熔融铝的情况。本文报道的这例病例据信是文献中首例，对鼻黏膜损伤的初步评估被低估了，因为除了一个鼻窝中有一大块铝块外，较小的碎片已深入中鼻道。这些较小的碎片因铝的射线不透性差而未被发现，它们造成了广泛的组织损伤，进而引发筛窦炎和继发性上颌窦炎。
