title: [Effects of asbestos on respiratory pathology. 27 cases observed in 6 years in a pneumo-phthisiology department in Nantes].
abstract: A search for respiratory disease due to asbestos permitted the authors, during a review of 6 years' activity on a Chest Unit in Nantes, to collect 27 cases which represents 2.4% of all cases examined. They were male subjects usually aged about 60 years exposed to dust mildly but continuously during a long career as metal workers, mainly in the shipyards. Pleural involvement was constant, usually limited to characteristic pleural calcifications which were well tolerated. Two cases of asbestos pleurisy were diagnosed, but above all we noted 7 cases of mesothelioma with a very poor prognosis. It is difficult to say whether asbestos is responsible for bronchial carcinoma but we noted two cases in patients with calcifications. The authors emphasise the necessity for revision of the table of occupational diseases which does not yet include pleural disease due to asbestos.
mesh_terms: D001195:Asbestosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Incidence de l'amiante sur la pathologie respiratoire. 27 observations recueillies en 6 ans dans un Service de pneumono-phtisiologie de Nantes