Asbestos related interstitial pneumonitis associated with glomerulonephritis and lymphomatoid granulomatosis.
We report a case of pulmonary asbestosis in a patient who also developed glomerulonephritis and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. The pulmonary reaction was unusual, characterized clinically by an acute onset of symptoms after a prolonged latent period and morphologically by an interstitial pneumonitis with prominent desquamative features and a paucity of fibrosis. The association of pulmonary asbestosis with glomerulonephritis and lymphomatoid granulomatosis has been hitherto unreported.
D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008230:Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged