[Occupational exposure to silicon and dermatopolymyositis. 3 cases].
After 5, 16 and 21 years of occupational exposure to silica, 2 men and 1 woman, respectively, were diagnosed as having dermatopolymyositis. Pulmonary impairment was always present and took the form of diffuse interstitial fibrosis in 2 patients, whose lung biopsies revealed high particulate silica contents. The role of silica in the induction of dermatopolymyositis is discussed in light of published information on silica-induced connective tissue diseases.
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Service de Rhumatologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
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D000328:Adult; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
Exposition professionnelle à la silice et dermatopolymyosite. Trois observations.