Milne J, Christophers A, de Silva P
Br J Ind Med. 1970 Oct;27(4):334-8. doi: 10.1136/oem.27.4.334.
334-338. Mercury vapour has been shown to cause acute effects on the lung when inhaled in high concentrations. Four men, exposed to mercury inside a tank, developed, hours later, signs and symptoms of an acute febrile illness with severe pulmonary irritation, characterized by fever, rigors, cough, dyspnoea, and tightness in the chest. A review of the literature revealed that this syndrome had been described and investigated previously in fewer than 20 cases during the past 40 years, and is apparently little known. Fatalities have been described, particularly in children, and necropsy evidence has consistently revealed the pattern of an acute diffuse interstitial pneumonitis, accompanied by profuse fibrinous exudation and erosion of the bronchial and bronchiolar lining. The two common features in all reports are the heating of mercury or the entering into a confined space, or both. Adequate respiratory protection by an efficient air-supplied respirator is mandatory in industrial circumstances of the kind described in this report.
334 - 338. 已表明，高浓度吸入汞蒸气会对肺部产生急性影响。四名男子在一个水箱内接触汞，数小时后出现急性发热疾病的体征和症状，伴有严重的肺部刺激，其特征为发热、寒战、咳嗽、呼吸困难和胸部紧绷感。对文献的回顾显示，在过去40年中，这种综合征在不到20例病例中被描述和研究过，显然鲜为人知。已有死亡病例的描述，尤其是儿童，尸检证据一直显示为急性弥漫性间质性肺炎的模式，伴有大量纤维蛋白渗出以及支气管和细支气管内衬的糜烂。所有报告中的两个共同特征是汞受热或进入密闭空间，或两者皆有。在本报告所述的工业环境中，必须使用高效供气式呼吸器提供充分的呼吸防护。
