A 47-year-old man presented with 36 h of bilateral lower leg pain after working with
cement mixture the previous day. The patient stated that he stood in the cement intermittently
for approximately 4 h. He normally wore protective boots when he worked, but had forgotten
them for this particular job, so was equipped only with tennis shoes. He stated that
he was aware of the ill effects of cement so throughout the day’s work when his feet
would begin to hurt, he would wash the cement off with a hose. The patient had no
prior medical problems, took no medications, and was not allergic to any medications.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 29,
2004
Received in revised form:
October 13,
2004
Received:
February 11,
2004
Footnotes
Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine is coordinated by Binh Ly, md, of the University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California
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