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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Inhaled particles that are poorly soluble or insoluble and of low toxicity (“poorly soluble low toxicity” or “PSLT” particles), can accumulate in the lung and at lung overload levels induce lung cancers in rats.
Kenneth A. Mundt +6 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background Infectious complications of injection drug use (IDU) often require lengthy inpatient treatment. Our objective was to identify the number of admissions related to IDU in Regina, Canada, as well as describe patient demographics and comorbidities,
Polina Tsybina +3 more
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Differential diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis: a review
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Diagnosing pulmonary sarcoidosis raises challenges due to both the absence of a specific diagnostic criterion and the varied presentations capable of mimicking many other conditions.
Dominique Valeyre +16 more
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Pulmonary talcosis 10 years after brief teenage exposure to cosmetic talcum powder. [PDF]
, 2011 Pulmonary talcosis is a rare but debilitating variant of pneumoconiosis often presenting with isolated non-specific symptoms of progressive exertional dyspnoea or cough.
A. Rahatullah +7 more
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Asbestos in commercial indian talc
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 62, Issue 5, Page 385-392, May 2019., 2019 Abstract Background Easily available commercial Indian talc products widely used in Southeast Asia were examined for the presence of asbestos. Asbestos in talc products carry all risks of asbestos‐related disease. Methods Using polarizing light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction, and X‐ray analysis, multiple over ...
Sean Fitzgerald +3 more
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, 2021 Drug adulterants containing contaminants have been known to cause lung disease by inhalation or intravenous intake. Talcosis due to intravenous talc injection has been widely described in the literature, whereas the hypothesis of granulomatosis due to ...
Arnaldo Carbone, Fabio De-Giorgio
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Pulmonary Talcosis With Intravenous Drug Abuse [PDF]
Respiratory Care, 2013 Talc has been known to cause lung disease, via inhalation or intravenously. A good history along with radiological correlation will often reveal the diagnosis. However, most intravenous drug abusers are reluctant to give a history of exposure, and most diagnoses are made after lung biopsy ...
Mohammad F, Siddiqui +2 more
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Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page e7-e13, 2010., 2010 BACKGROUND: Many factors may limit survival from lung and heart‐lung transplantation, including malignancy. OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with the development of malignancy following transplantation and its effect on survival by retrospectively reviewing a population of lung transplant recipients.
Michael J Metcalfe +8 more
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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report with Emphasis on Imaging Findings
Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010 Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of small calculi in the alveolar space. The authors report a case of a 21‐year‐old man with a 2‐year history of shortness of breath on exertion and dry cough. Physical examination was altered only for crackles at auscultation.
Guilherme Abdalla +11 more
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Progressive Dyspnea Associated with a Crazy‐Paving Appearance on a Chest Computed Tomography Scan
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 13, Issue 5, Page 269-271, 2006., 2006 A ‘crazy‐paving’ appearance of the lungs on computed tomography scanning of the chest was first described nearly 20 years ago in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and was thought to be characteristic of this condition. However, this pattern has subsequently been reported in a variety of pulmonary diseases and is now considered to be ...
Nimrod Maimon +2 more
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