Pulmonary kaolin granulomas.
We report a patient with multiple pulmonary kaolin granulomas. The granulomas developed secondary to the use of a liquid kaolin suspension for pleural poudrage to treat recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces. Presumably the kaolin entered the lung through pleuro-alveolar or pleuro-bronchial openings. Kaolin pneumoconiosis is generally regarded as an inhalational pneumoconiosis. However, on rare occasions kaolin may incite lung damage by the mechanism described above.
D000328:Adult; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007616:Kaolin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000188:drug therapy; D012008:Recurrence
D007616:Kaolin