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Pulmonary Talcosis From Cosmetic Talcum Powder

open access: yesJAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
The habitual use of large amounts of cosmetic talcum powder produced significant pulmonary talcosis in a 39-year-old black truck driver. Pulmonary disease was apparent on his chest roentgenogram, and was initially interpreted as miliary tuberculosis. The patient died from peritonitis following infarction of large segments of small intestine.
Douglas R Gracey
exaly   +7 more sources

Unusual Intestinal Talcosis

open access: yesAmerican 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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Fulminant pulmonary intravascular talcosis

open access: yesCanadian 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.
M. Boucher   +4 more
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Pulmonary Talcosis: Imaging Findings

Lung, 2010
Talc is a mineral widely used in the ceramic, paper, plastics, rubber, paint, and cosmetic industries. Four distinct forms of pulmonary disease caused by talc have been defined. Three of them (talcosilicosis, talcoasbestosis, and pure talcosis) are associated with aspiration and differ in the composition of the inhaled substance.
Edson Marchiori   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

A case of lung adenocarcinoma complicated by pulmonary talcosis occurring in a patient employed in the confectionery industry

open access: yesPathology international (Print), 2019
A 73‐year‐old Japanese man, who worked at a confectionery company for more than 20 years, was diagnosed with a 28 mm nodular lesion in the superior lobe of the right lung by whole‐body computed tomography examination.
Kazuhiro Kobayashi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Inhalational Pulmonary Talcosis: High-Resolution CT Findings in 3 Patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 2004
We describe the high-resolution CT findings in 3 patients with pulmonary talcosis acquired by the inhalation of talc. The predominant abnormalities consisted of small centrilobular and subpleural nodules and conglomerated masses containing focal areas of high attenuation consistent with talc deposition.
E. Marchiori, A. Souza, N. Müller
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[Pulmonary intravascular talcosis: A case report].

La Revue de medecine interne, 2018
INTRODUCTION Pulmonary intravascular talcosis is a rare condition occurring in intravenous drug users injecting oral medications. Talc results in a foreign-body granulomatous reaction giving a radiological haematogenic miliary appearance mimicking ...
J. Reverso-Meinietti   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Talcosis associated with IV abuse of oral medications: CT findings.

American Journal of Roentgenology, 2000
Our objective was to evaluate the CT appearance of talcosis associated with IV abuse of oral medications and to compare the findings of talcosis related to methylphenidate with those findings seen with other drugs.The CT scans of 12 patients with talcosis (seven men, five women), 33-54 years old (mean age, 44 years), were analyzed retrospectively ...
S. Ward   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

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