Interstitial pneumonia in a glassblower: think to chronic beryllium disease!

Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is an occupational illness with varying severity. In this report, we describe a 27 year old man, glassblower, who developed a fatal CBD after six months of unknown Beryllium's exposure. The diagnosis was suspected on histological examination and then consolidated...

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Autores principales: Jamoussi, Amira, Merhabene, Takoua, Mlika, Mona, Neji, Henda, El Mezni, Faouzi, Khelil, Jalila Ben, Besbes, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6462151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011396
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.95.14831
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Sumario:Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is an occupational illness with varying severity. In this report, we describe a 27 year old man, glassblower, who developed a fatal CBD after six months of unknown Beryllium's exposure. The diagnosis was suspected on histological examination and then consolidated by confirmation of Beryllium's exposure at the working area. Physicians should be aware of the potential risk to develop CBD in glassblowers. These workers should benefit from early medical surveillance using the Beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT) and therefore from suitable management.

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