Progressive massive fibrosis in the absence of lung nodulation.
Progressive massive fibrosis is a well-recognized complication of long-term industrial dust exposure. Typically, it occurs in a setting of background parenchymal nodulation. We wish to report a case occurring in the absence of lung nodules.
McCloskey
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Department of Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia, Australia.
Cook
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Cameron
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Summers
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D003032:Coal Mining; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed