Cobalt toxicity
Background
- Orthopedic hip prostheses contain cobalt and are a possible source of toxicity.
Clinical Features[1]
- Neurologic Dysfunction
- Hearing impairment
- Cognitive impairment
- Parasthesias
- Cardiovascular Dysfunction
- Beer drinkers' (dilated) cardiomyopathy
- Dyspnea
- Atrial fibrillation
- Thyroid Dysfunction
Differential Diagnosis
- Aluminum toxicity
- Antimony toxicity
- Arsenic toxicity
- Barium toxicity
- Beryllium toxicity
- Bismuth toxicity
- Boron toxicity
- Cadmium toxicity
- Cesium toxicity
- Chromium toxicity
- Cobalt toxicity
- Copper toxicity
- Gold toxicity
- Iron toxicity
- Lead toxicity
- Lithium toxicity
- Manganese toxicity
- Mercury toxicity
- Nickel toxicity
- Phosphorus toxicity
- Platinum toxicity
- Selenium toxicity
- Silver toxicity
- Thallium toxicity
- Tin toxicity
- Vanadium toxicity
- Zinc toxicity
Evaluation
Management
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Devlin, J., 2021. Clinical Features, Testing, and Management of Patients with Suspected Prosthetic Hip-Associated Cobalt Toxicity: a Systematic Review of Cases.