Unusual pleural involvement after exposure to amorphous silicates (Liparitosis): Report of two cases

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1058-1060

  Mazziotti, Silvio ^a,c   Costa, C ^b   Ascenti, G ^a   Lamberto, S ^a   Scribano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Social Health Department   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; CT; Lung; Pleura; Pumice

Indexed keywords

PUMICE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPARITOSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICATES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036581205     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101046     Document Type: Article

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