| Disease/Syndrome |
Pneumoconioses, other |
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| Category |
Interstitial Lung Disease |
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| Acute/Chronic |
Chronic |
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| Synonyms |
Carbonundum pneumoconiosis; Kaolinosis; Graphite pneumoconiosis; Flock workers' lung; Dental technicians' pneumoconiosis; Talcosis; Shalosis; Mixed-dust pneumoconiosis; Mica pneumoconiosis; Diatomaceous earth pneumoconiosis; Fuller's earth pneumoconiosis; |
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| Biomedical References |
Search PubMed |
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| Comments |
"Occupational mineral dust exposures can be broadly categorized as strongly fibrogenic dusts (silica, asbestos, and coal) and other mineral dusts (emery, graphite, gypsum, marble, mica, perlite, plaster of Paris, Portland cement, silicon, silicon carbide, soapstone, and talc) that may also be associated with adverse lung effects." [Asthma in the Workplace, p. 685] "The authors of a 1990 review concluded that (1) there is little evidence that occupational exposure to pure kaolin, talc, mica, or vermiculite carries any important risk for health; (2) long and heavy exposure to kaolin and mica may result in low-grade radiographic changes, but clinically important pneumoconioses in work forces exposed to these phyllosilicates are likely to be the result of contamination by silica or asbestos fiber;" [Murray, p. 1773-1774] "It is suspected that this lung airway defense system can be overcome by several different mechanisms: by the physical characteristics of the particle that prevent phagocytosis or cell movement, as seen in asbestosis; by direct cytotoxicity, as in the case of silica dust or cytoxic metals and compounds; or by simply overloading the clearance capacity of the system, which is most likely the mechanism of injury from normally non-fibrogenic 'nuisance' dusts." [Hendrick, p. 167] |
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| Latency/Incubation |
10 or more years after 5 or more years of exposure; [Hendrick, p. 164] |
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| Diagnostic |
History; Exam; Chest x-ray; HRCT; Spirometry; Open lung biopsy; [Hendrick, p. 164-6] |
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| ICD-9 Code |
503 |
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