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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report with Emphasis on Imaging Findings

open access: yesCase 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
wiley   +1 more source

Progressive Dyspnea Associated with a Crazy‐Paving Appearance on a Chest Computed Tomography Scan

open access: yesCanadian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Host in Northern Alberta

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 286-290, 1995., 1995
OBJECTIVES: To determine the diagnostic utility of bronchoscopy in a population of immunocompromised hosts in northern Alberta. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Results from bronchoscopy in 86 immunocompromised patients who underwent a total of 101 procedures were retrospectively reviewed.
Jennifer A Crocket   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Talcose entre artesãos em pedra-sabão em uma localidade rural do Município de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil Talc pneumoconiosis among soapstone handicraft workers in a rural area of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
A talcose é uma pneumoconiose ainda pouco estudada em nosso meio. Sua ocorrência foi investigada no Distrito de Mata dos Palmitos, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, entre artesãos em pedra-sabão, que trabalham em produção de base familiar, de caráter ...
Olívia Maria de Paula Alves Bezerra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Respiratory Medicine and Research at McGill University: A Historical Perspective

open access: yes, 2015
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1, Page e4-e7, 2015.
James G Martin, Kevin Schwartzman
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary Talco-silicosis in a Balloon Making Industry Worker [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2016
We report a case of a thirty eight year old lady, working in balloon making industry. She was referred to us in view of incidental chest X-ray changes found during preoperative pulmonary evaluation.
Manoj Waghmare   +2 more
doaj  

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.
A J, Egan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Talcosis related to exposure index among soapstone handicraft workers in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introdução Apesar da grande utilização de pedra-sabão na produção de artesanatos, especialmente na região de Ouro Preto-MG, existem poucas publicações sobre talcose no Brasil.
Carneiro, Ana Paula Scalia   +3 more
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Morbilidad respiratoria en trabajadores de la industria del talco

open access: yesIatreia, 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
doaj  

CHARACTERIZATION OF MORPHOLOGIC ASPECTS OF GRANULOMATOUS RENAL LESIONS IN TUBERCULOSIS, TALCOSIS AND CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS

open access: yesМедична наука України
Aim: To characterize and improve the differential diagnosis of morphological, histochemical and immunohistochemical changes of granulomatous inflammation in the kidneys of patients with tuberculosis, cryptococcosis and talcosis with co-infection with HIV/
S.Z. Baran
doaj   +1 more source

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