Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in a tyre industry worker

We report a case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) with severe pulmonary hypertension in a 46-year-old man, nonsmoker, tyre industry worker. CPFE is commonly reported to be associated with tobacco smoking. This case highlights the possible role of environmental dust exposure (talc)...

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Autores principales: Karkhanis, Vinaya S., Joshi, J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919169
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99116
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description We report a case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) with severe pulmonary hypertension in a 46-year-old man, nonsmoker, tyre industry worker. CPFE is commonly reported to be associated with tobacco smoking. This case highlights the possible role of environmental dust exposure (talc) in the pathogenesis of the disease and confirms the clinical characteristics of CPFE described in previous studies.
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spelling pubmed-34248692012-08-23 Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in a tyre industry worker Karkhanis, Vinaya S. Joshi, J. M. Lung India Case Report We report a case of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) with severe pulmonary hypertension in a 46-year-old man, nonsmoker, tyre industry worker. CPFE is commonly reported to be associated with tobacco smoking. This case highlights the possible role of environmental dust exposure (talc) in the pathogenesis of the disease and confirms the clinical characteristics of CPFE described in previous studies. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3424869/ /pubmed/22919169 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99116 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in a tyre industry worker
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919169
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