Talcum Powder Toxicosis in Pregnancy

Contamination of ionization chambers by talcum powder.

This is a word of caution to anyone using ionization chambers protected by thin rubber sheaths in water. Four Farmer-type ionization chambers contaminated with talcum powder were received for calibration by the Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The chambers show a marked energy dependence (5% to 20%) to soft orthovoltage x rays....

Talcum powder pica as the cause of interstitial lung disease.

Talcosis due to abundant use of cosmetic talcum powder.

Methotrexate nodulosis in conditions other than rheumatoid arthritis is very rare. It has been reported in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Jaccoud’s arthropathy [4], a patient with juvenile arthritis who was rheumatoid factor negative [5], and a patient with psoriatic arthritis and negative rheumatoid factor [6]. Only the patient with juvenile arthritis had pulmonary nodules. Ho...

Talcosis due to abundant use of cosmetic talcum powder

Perineal Use of Talcum Powder and Endometrial Cancer Risk

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