Pharyngitis case study

A possible case of chronic intoxication by 1,2-dibromoethane occurred in a worker involved in 1,2-dibromoethane production (Kochmann 1928). Symptoms were nonspecific. Upper respiratory symptoms consisted of pharyngitis and bronchitis other symptoms were lymphadenopathy, conjunctivitis, anorexia, headache, and depression. The worker s condition improved upon cessation of exposure. No other studies were located regarding respiratory effects in humans after inhalation exposure to 1,2-dibromoethane. 

Rossi M, Garavello W, Talamini R, Negri E, Bosetti C, Dal Maso L, Lagiou P, Tavani A, Polesel J, Barzan L, Ramazzotti V, Franceschi S, La Vecchia C. 2007b. Flavonoids and the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer A case-control study from Italy. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16 1621-1625. 

Oral/laryngeal/pharyngeal cancer Only three case-control studies have reported on tomato intake in relation to oral cancers. One study in China reported that high consumption of tomatoes was related to approximately half the risk of oral cancer. A similar finding was observed between tomato consumption and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in Italy. 

Shanmugaratnam, K., Tye, C.Y., Goh, E.H., and Chia, K.B., Etiological factors on naso-pharyngeal carcinoma a hospital-based, retrospective, case-control, questionnaire study, in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Etiology and Control, Ito, Y. Ed., lARC, Lyon, 1978, pp. 199-212. 

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