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Acutely ill patient whose vomitus etches glass
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fluoride toxicity
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  • Editorial accompanying Simon article. [103]
  • The Wall Street Journal should stick to its petty monetary concerns and leave the medicine to people so trained, viz. "Lymphomas take years, even decades to develop." Never heard of transplantation lymphoma, I guess. Germane to our discussion here, however, is their outright dismissal that glowing vomitus is possible. [104]
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    (1) DeGowin & DeGowin's Bedside Diagnostic Examination. 5th ed.
  DeGowin RL. NY: Macmillian, 1987: 910.   Amazon.com
    (2) Studies in cystic fibrosis of the pancreas.
  Shwachman H, Gahm N.   N Engl J Med. 1956;255:999-1001.
    (3) Acute yellow phosphorus poisoning. "Smoking stool syndrome".
  Simon FA, Pickering LK.   JAMA 1976 Mar 29;235(13):1343-4.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    (-) Clinical Diagnostic Pearls.
  Birnholz JC, Michelson PE. Flushing, NY: Medical Examination, 1971: 115.
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Fluoride
    101.Acute fluoride poisoning from a public water system.
  Gessner BD, Beller M, et al.   N Engl J Med 1994 Jan 13;330(2):95-9.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    102.Endemic fluorosis with spinal cord compression. A case report and review.
  Fisher RL, Medcalf TW, et al.   Arch Intern Med 1989 Mar;149(3):697-700.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
Phosphorus
    103.Editorial: Phosphorus poisoning in children.
  Hussey HH.   JAMA 1976 Mar 29;235(13):1366.  Pubmed  Similars
    104.Gulf War syndrome and the press.
  Fumento M.   Wall Street Journal. 4 March 1997;A18.
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