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[Case report of disseminated nocardiosis complicated in an elderly person with pneumoconiosis].

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Nocardia is typically regarded as an opportunistic infection, with pulmonary nocardiosis frequently disseminated to organs hematogenous by, and nearly half of these cases resulting in complicated nocardia brain abscess. Disseminated nocardia has a dismal prognosis with high mortality, and should be

Talcum induced pneumoconiosis following inhalation of adulterated marijuana, a case report.

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BACKGROUND Talcosis, a granulomatous inflammation of the lungs caused by inhalation of talcum dust, is a rare form of pneumoconiosis. Besides inhalative occupational exposure, intravenous abuse of adulterated drugs is a major cause for this condition. Minerals such as talcum (magnesium silicate) and

[Unilateral mixed-dust pneumoconiosis with aluminum deposition associated with interstitial pneumonia].

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A 63-year-old stoneworker complained of fever and a productive cough. His chest roentgenogram showed a nodular mass and a diffuse interstitial shadow in the right lung. Angiography of the pulmonary artery revealed obstruction of the right upper trunk. Open-lung biopsy was done. Histologic

[A case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis complicated with pneumoconiosis and myelodysplastic syndrome].

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A 72-year-old man who had worked as a coal worker for 28 years and as a tunnel construction worker for 18 years was admitted because of fever, dyspnea, and appetite loss. Pneumoconiosis had been diagnosed when he was 64 years old and myelodysplastic syndrome at 71 years of age. After admission, the

Atypical mycobacteriosis as a complication of talc pneumoconiosis.

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A 57 year old man, receiving compensation for talc pneumoconiosis since 1977, was admitted to hospital for the first time in 1987, with symptoms of weight loss, fever, dyspnoea and productive cough. A chest roentgenogram showed bilateral cavitation. Two years later, Mycobacterium xenopi was found in

[Prevention and clinical aspects of pneumoconiosis induced by organic dusts (author's transl)].

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Only those pneumoconioses induced by organic dusts are discussed which are met with in Germany. They comprise: byssinosis which is caused by toxic agents in cotton and flax, farmer's lung, sprayer's fever, exogenous allergic alveolitis due to thermophil actinomyces in the dust of mouldy agricultural

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: bagassosis.

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Pneumoconiosis from inorganic dusts is very common worldwide and has been studied by many experts in Taiwan. However, pneumoconiosis due to organic dusts, i.e. hypersensitivity pneumonitis, seems rather uncommon in Taiwan, and to our best knowledge there has been no related report so far. In this

[High-definition computed tomography in the study of the pulmonary parenchyma. The author's own experience].

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High-resolution CT (HRCT) scans were performed on 156 patients, using a bone-reconstruction algorithm, 1.5 collimation at 4 cm intervals from apex to base of the lungs and a 512 x 512 matrix. The patients appeared to have a pathologic condition on chest film, or else they presented positive clinical

[Exogenous fibrosing alveolitis due to the condensation aerosol (smoke) of zinc oxide].

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Clinical-and-biological, biochemical, immunological, histomorphological; X-ray and functional examinations of workers of an electric-melting shop manufacturing brass alloys, who had contacts with condensation aerosol with a high zinc oxide concentrations, were used to detect in them pneumoconiosis

[High-resolution x-ray computed tomography in the study of the pulmonary parenchyma. Personal experience].

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High-resolution CT (HRCT) scans were performed on 156 patients, using a bone-reconstruction algorithm, 1.5 mm sections at 4 cm intervals from apex to base of the lungs and a 512 x 512 matrix. The patients either appeared to have a pathologic condition on chest film, or they presented positive

[Microscopic polyangiitis accompanying interstitial pneumonia with aluminum lung].

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A 67-year-old man who had worked as an aluminum grinder had been given a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Ten years later, he was admitted with fever, dyspnea on exertion, and numbness. Chest roentgenograms showed linear-reticular shadows in both lower lung fields. ELISA-based tests were positive for

[Scintigraphy with radiogallium in oncologic and non-oncologic diseases. State of the art and main indications].

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Gallium-67 citrate (67Ga) can be considered one of the most widespread viability radiotracers. Several papers have recently been published on the use of 67Ga in different diseases, with emphasis on its value in the management of lymphoma patients. This paper critically discusses the role of gallium

Some opinions on byssinosis in China.

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On the basis of some study results in China and reports from abroad, a conclusion should be drawn that leads to the recognition of a pneumoconiosis-like lesion of interstitial fibrosis. This disease is called "cotton pneumoconiosis" and we may classify these occupational lesions into four types: 1)

[Chronic Cryptococcal meningitis with CSF oligoclonal IgG band in a patient with Claude syndrome].

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We described a 61-year-old man who was diagnosed as having chronic cryptococcal meningitis, while he was hospitalized with Claude syndrome. The patient was admitted because of acute onset of gait disturbance. He had a tendency to fall down to his left side since he awoke in the morning of August 12,

The first case of multiple pulmonary granulomas with amyloid deposition in a dental technician; a rare manifestation as an occupational lung disease.

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BACKGROUND Occupational lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis, are one of the health problems of dental workers that have been receiving increasing interest. Pulmonary amyloidosis is a heterogenous group of diseases, and can be classified into primary (idiopathic) and secondary (associated with

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