Burton line and basophilic stippling in lead poisoning Practice | Clinical images CPD Burton line and basophilic stippling in lead poisoning Takahide Morita MD, Toshinori Nishizawa MD, Toru Morikawa MD PhD n Cite as: CMAJ 2024 April 15;196:E487. [...] Basophilic stippling in red blood cells in the occurs when lead reacts with bacteria in dental plaque to form bone marrow: indication for lead poisoning diagnosis. [...] Chronic occupational exposure to lead leads to significant mucocutaneous changes in lead factory The patient’s blood lead level was markedly elevated at workers. [...] The thresh- Content licence: This is an Open Access article distributed in accord- old for the manifestation of symptoms related to blood lead ance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND level varies among individuals. [...] Chelation therapy is indicated 4.0) licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original publication is properly cited, the for asymptomatic patients with levels greater than 70 µg/dL use is noncommercial (i.e., research or educational use), and no modifi- (> 3.4 µmol/L) and for symptomatic patients with levels of cations or adaptations are made.
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