title: Progressive massive fibrosis in the absence of lung nodulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: 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