Pulmonary involvement in zinc fume fever.
A patient with the clinical history of recurring zinc fume fever underwent an experimental welding exposure; this resulted in a systemic reaction and a distinct self-limiting response in the periphery of the lung, demonstrated by pulmonary function tests and bronchoalveolar lavage. These pulmonary changes observed for the first time in man were reproducible.
Vogelmeier
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Med. Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, West Germany.
König
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Bencze
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Fruhmann
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D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014896:Welding; D015032:Zinc / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D015032:Zinc