Welder's lung associated with pneumothorax

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-122

  Fidan, Fatma ^a,b   Esme, Hidir ^a   Unlu, Mehmet ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Albayrak, Ramazan ^a   Dilek, F Husniye ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Welder's lung

Indexed keywords

DYE; FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; STAINING; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WELDER LUNG; WELDING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEST PAIN; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SIDEROSIS; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WELDING;

EID: 17644421093     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000155039.51662.fc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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