[Lung diseases associated with silicosis. Study of 618 cases].
Retrospective research has been carried out on the clinical reports of 618 cases of patients suffering from silicosis admitted to the S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital in 1973-1987 (1.4% of all pneumopathy admittances). A comparative evaluation of the five-year periods 1973-77, 1978-82, 1983-87 showed a steady reduction in the percentage of silicosis to total cases (from 1.62% to 1.55% and 1.16%). Among the 618 cases assessed, the following pneumopathies were associated with silicosis either alone or in combination: chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy (89.4%), pulmonary tuberculosis (22.2%), bronchogenic carcinoma (8.4%), acute aspecific infections (26.1%), mycosis (0.6%), sarcoidosis (0.3%), other pneumopathies (1.1%). Comparison between the three five-year periods shows an increase in the frequency of the silicosis-carcinoma association and a fall in the silicosis-tuberculosis and silicosis-COLD associations.
Galietti
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F
Ospedale S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Torino.
Giorgis
G E
GE
Oliaro
A
A
Ardizzi
A
A
Miravalle
C
C
Barberis
S
S
Bernardi
V
V
Carnuccio
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012829:Silicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012830:Silicotuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
Pneumopatie associate a silicosi. Indagine su 618 casi.