Pulmonary sarcoid-like granulomatosis induced by aluminum dust: Report of a case and literature review

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1556-1560

  Cai, Hou Rong ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Meng, Fan Qing ^a   Wei, Jing Yi ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum dust; Energy dispersive radiograph analysis; Granulomatosis; Mineralogical analysis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUGHING; DUST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; METAL INDUSTRY; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY SARCOID LIKE GRANULOMATOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848926801     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200709010-00018     Document Type: Article

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