RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Obstructive jaundice due to a chlorinated hydrocarbon in breast milk
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1047
OP 1048
VO 117
IS 9
A1 P. C. Bagnell
A1 H. A. Ellenberger
YR 1977
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/117/9/1047.abstract
AB A 6-week-old breast-fed infant had obstructive jaundice and hepatomegaly. When a dry-cleaning solvent, tetrachloroethylene, was detected in the mother's milk and blood, breast-feeding was discontinued. Rapid clinical and biochemical improvement followed. The child grew normally and had normal liver function during 2 years of follow-up.