title: [Autoimmune diseases after unusual exposure to silica or silicones. 3 cases].
abstract: A woman, who had intensively used an abrasive cleansing powder rich in silica for 12 years, developed a connective tissue disease consisting of destructive inflammatory oligoarthritis, Gougerot-Sjögren's syndrome, Raynaud's syndrome, anti-nuclear antibodies and hypocomplementemia. Another woman, who had sprayed silicone-glaze on cables for 15 years, suffered from edematous scleroderma. A man, who had sprayed the same silicone-glaze on cables over a 20 year period, had a subluxing arthropathy. These autoimmune syndromes were compared with diseases classically induced by exposure to silica and silicone. To the best of our knowledge, these means of exposure have not been reported previously and merit being known in the aim of prevention.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Koeger
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marre
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rozenberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gutmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Maladies auto-immunes après expositions inhabituelles à la silice ou aux silicones. Trois observations.