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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dushka Riaz, MD
Overview
Pneumoconiosis may be classified according to subtypes based on the particle of exposure. These can be fibrogenic, granulomatous, benign or hard metal: [1] [2]
- Fibrogenic: silica, coal, asbestos, talc
- Granulomatous: beryllium
- Benign: Iron, tin, barium
- Hard metal: cobalt
Classification
- Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coa] dust
- Asbestosis - asbestos dust
- Silicosis (also known as "grinhelloders' disease") - silica dust
- Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust
- Berylliosis - beryllium dust
- Siderosis - iron dust
- Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust, including iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos
Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.[3]
References
- ↑ Akira M (1995). "Uncommon pneumoconioses: CT and pathologic findings". Radiology. 197 (2): 403–9. doi:10.1148/radiology.197.2.7480684. PMID 7480684.
- ↑ Choi JW, Lee KS, Chung MP, Han J, Chung MJ, Park JS (2005). "Giant cell interstitial pneumonia: high-resolution CT and pathologic findings in four adult patients". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 184 (1): 268–72. doi:10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840268. PMID 15615987.
- ↑ Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.