Pneumoconiosis
| Pneumoconiosis | |
| ICD-10 | J60-J65 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 500-505 |
| DiseasesDB | 31746 |
| MeSH | D011009 |
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Overview
Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.
Types include:
- 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.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.
External links
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