Abstract
PURPOSE:To identify the main toxic gas released from salted radish in rice bran(Dan-Mu-Ji) and to introduce
the radiological findings of the patient who was exposed to the gas.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Chest radiographs and CT scans of one survivor among three men who were
exposed to the gas from Dan-Mu-Ji were reviewed. Gas obtained from the closed bottle containing Dan-Mu-Ji was
analized by using the gas chromatography.
RESULTS: The radiographic examinations of the survivor were suggestive of pulmonary edema with it's
rapidly improving consolidations in both lung. The headspace gas within the bottle containing Dan-Mu-Ji was
mainly composed with carbon dioxide, ethyl alcohol and hydrogen sulfide, of which hydrogen sulfide was
considered the main toxic gas released.
CONCLUSION: Under the anaerobic condition, Dan-Mu-Ji released toxic hydrogen sulfide. Inhalation of
hydrogen sulfide might produce non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema.