title: Silicoproteinosis of the lung in a 49-year-old man.
abstract: We report a rare case of silicosis, histologically corresponding to silicoproteinosis and tuberculosis, in a man working consecutively as a miner, blacksmith and founder. A microscopic study revealed deposits in alveoli, in which immunohistochemistry did not reveal surfactant (SP-A), that was present in the alveolar fluid in alveolar lipoproteinosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
authors.forename: Bolesław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Papla
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubiel-Bigaj
authors.forename: Eugeniusz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malinowski
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000378:metabolism; D012829:Silicosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012830:Silicotuberculosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants