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Pulmonary Talcosis in an Immunocompromised Patient [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2016
The first case of pulmonary talcosis or talc pneumoconiosis related to inhalation of talc during its extraction and processing in mines was described by Thorel in 1896.
Sowmya Nanjappa
exaly   +7 more sources

Pulmonary talcosis in the setting of cosmetic talcum powder use [PDF]

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
Pulmonary talcosis is a rare pneumoconiosis that is difficult to diagnose and may progress to debilitating lung disease. Four types of talcosis are described in literature: talc-silicosis and talc-asbestosis secondary to inhalation in industry workers ...
Janaki Deepak   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Pulmonary talcosis due to aspiration [PDF]

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia
Edson Marchiori   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Pulmonary talcosis related to cocaine inhalation [PDF]

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2021
Tatiana Almeida Gonçalves   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Talcosis due to abundant use of cosmetic talcum powder [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2010
To the Editor: A 36-yr-old, nonsmoking, Hindustan female presented with complaints of dyspnoea without coughing which had persisted for several months. The complaints started after a bout of pneumonia a few months previously. Her medical history was unremarkable. She did not suffer from asthma, nor did asthma run in the family.
A. van Huisstede   +4 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Intravascular Talcosis due to Intravenous Drug Use Is an Underrecognized Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension

open access: yesPulmonary Medicine, 2012
Intravenous injection of illegal drugs or medications meant for oral administration can cause granulomatous disease of the lung. This intravascular talcosis results in pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
Christopher C. Griffith   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Talcosis of Unusually Rapid Development [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational and Environmental Medicine, 1955
A diagnosis of talcosis, so far as we know, has not until now been made in Greece although this disease was first described by Thorel in 1896. This fact may have been due to the small number of talc workers in Greece, but since Thorel's description of talcosis as a definite clinical entity, pneumoconiosis due to talc has been the subject of ...
G P, ALIVISATOS   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Bronchiolitis in a patient with talcosis. [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational and Environmental Medicine, 1991
Despite environmental monitoring, widely used occupational standards, and an increasing knowledge of the causative agents of occupational respiratory diseases, new cases of pneumoconiosis still occur. Pulmonary disorders caused by inhalation of talc (magnesium silicate, Mg3SI4O10 (OH)2) have been described among workers in various industries. !
P Pääkkö, K Reijula
exaly   +3 more sources

Munchausen Syndrome Presenting as Pulmonary Talcosis

open access: yesArchives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1999
Abstract We describe a patient with self-induced inhalational pulmonary talcosis originally diagnosed as asthma. A 35-year-old female respiratory technologist developed severe asthma that was refractory to steroids and methotrexate.
Henry Tazelaar   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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