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Differential diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis: a review [PDF]
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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Hospital admissions and mortality due to complications of injection drug use in two hospitals in Regina, Canada: retrospective chart review [PDF]
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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The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 1987 A case of intestinal talcosis in a 46-year-old man is reported. At the age of 27, the patient was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with tablets containing talc (183 g talc per 2,670 g total drug intake) over a period of 28 months. Eighteen years later, the patient was hospitalized for abdominal pain that remained refractory to antacids; he ...
Anani PA, Ribaux C, Gardiol D
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Carcinogenicity of Poorly Soluble Low Toxicity Particles: Commentary on Epidemiology as a Risk Assessment “Reality Check” [PDF]
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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Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 1972 44才,男子.昭和39年5月より凾館市内滑石工場にて滑石粉砕工として従事.軽度のせき,体動時の息切れを訴え精査のため来院した.胸部X線写真では両側全肺野に網目状陰影がみられ,右上中および左上肺野に融合した塊状陰影がみられ,その一部に透亮像が認められた.肺機能検査では残気量,残気率の増加,肺拡散能力の低下と低酸素血症がみられた.生検肺の病理組織学的所見は,中等度の線維症像および,針状結晶を呑食した多数の呑食細胞がみられた.生検肺を灰化しX線回析像をもとめると,滑石がほとんどで少量の石英が検出され,本症例は滑石と石英が撰択的に肺に沈着したと考えられた.滑石粉末には滑石のほか種々の結晶が混在するので,滑石肺の病態を理解するためには詳細な鉱物学的検索が必要であることを述べた.
HOMMA, Takeshi +6 more
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Morbilidad respiratoria en trabajadores de la industria del talco
Iatreia, 1988 Con el fin de conocer su morbilidad respiratoria se estudiaron los 36 trabajadores de la Empresa de Talcos de Yarumal (Antioquia-Colombia); a cada trabajador se le realizaron historia clínica y ocupacional; examen físico; estudios radiológicos de tórax ...
Beatriz Tapias +4 more
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An unusual cause of breathlessness and profuse micronodules [PDF]
Lung India, 2018 We describe a 21-year-old male with a history of smoking and subacute onset of breathlessness with normal cardiorespiratory examination. The presence of “track marks” and digital infarcts prompted evaluation for infective endocarditis and confrontational
Srinivas Rajagopala +6 more
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Utility Assessment of Isolated Starch and Extract from Thai Yam (Dioscorea hispida Dennst.) for Cosmetic via In Vitro and In Vivo Studies [PDF]
LifeIn Thailand, wild yam, or Dioscorea hispida Dennst., is a starchy crop that is usually underutilized in industry. The purpose of this study was to isolate the starch and extract the phytochemical from D. hispida and use them in cosmetics. Starch was used
Suthinee Sangkanu +7 more
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Fulminant pulmonary intravascular talcosis
Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, 2017 ABSTRACTPulmonary talcosis is still underrecognized. Two types of lung diseases have been described: talc pneumoconiosis and intravascular pulmonary talcosis. A young woman presenting with acute right ventricle failure as the initial presentation is reported.
Marie-Eve Boucher +4 more
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Cocaine-induced pulmonary changes: HRCT findings
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015 Objective: To evaluate HRCT scans of the chest in 22 patients with cocaine-induced pulmonary disease.Methods: We included patients between 19 and 52 years of age.
Renata Rocha de Almeida +10 more
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