Pathologic spectrum and lung dust burden in giant cell interstitial pneumonia (hard metal disease/cobalt pneumonitis): Review of 100 cases

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-70

  Naqvi, Asghar H ^a   Hunt, Andrew ^b   Burnett, Bryan R ^c   Abraham, Jerrold L ^d  

^a Oswego Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Meixa Tech   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy; GIP; Hard metal; Scanning electron microscopy; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CORTICOSTEROID; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; ALLOY; HARD METAL; TUNGSTEN;

AUTOPSY; BODY BURDEN; DATA BASE; DUST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; HARD METAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METAL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOYS; COBALT; DUST; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 51649115792     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.2.51-70     Document Type: Article

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