Silicosis in the form of progressive massive fibrosis: A diagnostic challenge

Silicosis is a major occupational lung disease with a relatively fatal and irreversible outcome. Early diagnosis for shifting the potential candidates to safe modes of workplace as well as for prevention of further progression is the cornerstone of management. Here, we present a complicated case of...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Somnath, Dey, Atin, Pal, Amitava, Kar, Saurav, Saha, Sayantan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28194086
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.197548
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author Bhattacharya, Somnath
Dey, Atin
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Kar, Saurav
Saha, Sayantan
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description Silicosis is a major occupational lung disease with a relatively fatal and irreversible outcome. Early diagnosis for shifting the potential candidates to safe modes of workplace as well as for prevention of further progression is the cornerstone of management. Here, we present a complicated case of silicosis in the form of progressive massive fibrosis, which was initially interpreted as tuberculosis; radiological images had resemblance with tuberculosis and cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Radiology-guided trucut biopsy was imperative to confirm the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-52998112017-02-13 Silicosis in the form of progressive massive fibrosis: A diagnostic challenge Bhattacharya, Somnath Dey, Atin Pal, Amitava Kar, Saurav Saha, Sayantan Indian J Occup Environ Med Case Report Silicosis is a major occupational lung disease with a relatively fatal and irreversible outcome. Early diagnosis for shifting the potential candidates to safe modes of workplace as well as for prevention of further progression is the cornerstone of management. Here, we present a complicated case of silicosis in the form of progressive massive fibrosis, which was initially interpreted as tuberculosis; radiological images had resemblance with tuberculosis and cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Radiology-guided trucut biopsy was imperative to confirm the diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5299811/ /pubmed/28194086 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.197548 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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