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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 ...
M. F. Siddiqui +2 more
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Talcosis of Unusually Rapid Development [PDF]
Occupational 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
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Bronchiolitis in a patient with talcosis. [PDF]
Occupational 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. !
Paavo Pääkkö
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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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Pulmonary talcosis caused by intravenous methadone injection.
Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia, 2017 A 38-year-old woman presented to our pulmonology clinic with complaints of progressive dyspnea and dry cough for more than three months. She denied fever or weight loss.
Edson Marchiori +2 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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An uncommon hazard: Pulmonary talcosis as a result of recurrent aspiration of baby powder [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine CME, 2011 A previously healthy 52-year old woman presented to the hospital with a 6-month history of progressive dyspnea. Associated symptoms included a persistent dry cough that started 2 months prior admission and an unintentional weight loss of 20 pounds over ...
C. Frank, L. Jorge
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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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Pulmonary Talcosis: A Foreign Body Granulomatous Lung Disease
A49. CASE REPORTS IN LUNG DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH INHALATIONAL EXPOSURES, 2019 Pulmonary Talcosis is a rare foreign body granulomatous disease that occurs as a result of exposure to talc either by inhalation of talc particles or via intravascular injection of talc containing medications.
O. Otusanya +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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