title: Acute silicosis due to inhalation of a domestic product.
abstract: A 20-yr-old woman with no history of pulmonary disease presented with acute dyspnea and fever. After various investigations and treatments the symptoms persisted and a lung biopsy was performed. Pathologic analysis disclosed the presence of silicotic crystals within lung tissue and mediastinal lymph nodes. The patient admitted having repeatedly inhaled a domestic scouring powder rich in silica during the preceding 6 months. This is the first report of acute pulmonary silicosis developing after exposure to a common household product.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vitrey
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jarry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meram
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peyramond
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006795:Household Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012829:Silicosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology