Arsenic-related hepatic angiosarcoma

Am J Ind Med. 1981;2(1):43-50. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700020108.

Abstract

Data from several small autopsy series in German vintners in the 1940s and 1950s and a number of case reports have previously suggested that arsenic is a cause of hepatic angiosarcoma (HAS). In a nationwide review of deaths from HAS in the United States, we identified seven cases with a history of prolonged use of Fowler's solution (inorganic potassium arsenite), which provide further support for the association of arsenic exposure and HAS. An epidemiologic study of a cohort of individuals treated long-term with Fowler's solution might confirm this association.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arsenic / adverse effects*
  • Arsenites*
  • Asthma / drug therapy
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Female
  • Hemangiosarcoma / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Potassium / adverse effects
  • Potassium Compounds*
  • United States
  • Vinyl Chloride / adverse effects

Substances

  • Arsenites
  • Potassium Compounds
  • potassium arsenite solution
  • Arsenic
  • Potassium
  • Vinyl Chloride