Diffuse lung disease caused by cotton fibre inhalation but distinct from byssinosis.
Thorax
; 59(12): 1095-7, 2004 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15563711
A 66 year old man had inhaled cotton fibre for 50 years at his workplace. He did not have any respiratory symptoms. Chest CT scans revealed diffuse centrilobular and peribronchovascular interstitial thickening. Lung biopsy specimens confirmed the presence of string-like foreign bodies as well as granulomas and fibrosis in the peribronchial region. Infrared spectrophotometry confirmed that the foreign bodies were composed of natural cellulose. This is the first study to show directly by examination of biopsy samples that cotton fibre inhalation can cause diffuse lung disease. The clinical features of the disease were entirely different from those of byssinosis.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales
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Exposición por Inhalación
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Fibra de Algodón
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Thorax
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido