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

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Marchiori, Edson ^a   Souza Jr , Arthur Soares ^b   Müller, Nestor L ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY DEPOSITION; FEMALE; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POWDER; PULMONARY TALCOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TALC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642453579     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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