title: [Occupational exposure to silicon and dermatopolymyositis. 3 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Koeger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alcaix
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rozenberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Exposition professionnelle à la silice et dermatopolymyosite. Trois observations.