A case of airway aluminosis with likely secondary pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

A case of airway aluminosis with likely secondary pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Abstract Background Excessive inhalation of aluminium powder occasionally results in upper lobe predominant lung fibrosis, which is similar to idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) and has been suggested to be secondary PPFE. Case presentation A 67-year-old man who had worked in an alu...

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Main Authors: Yuki Yabuuchi, Hitomi Goto, Mizu Nonaka, Hiroaki Tachi, Tatsuya Akiyama, Naoki Arai, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Kentaro Hyodo, Kenji Nemoto, Yukiko Miura, Isano Hase, Shuji Oh-ishi, Kenji Hayashihara, Takefumi Saito, Tatsuya Chonan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-04-01
Series:Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
Subjects:
Interstitial pneumonia
Occupational lung disease
Trans-bronchial lung biopsy
Elemental analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40248-019-0177-4

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