Silicoproteinosis of the lung in a 49-year-old man.
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.
Papla
Bolesław
B
Department of Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
Dubiel-Bigaj
Magdalena
M
Malinowski
Eugeniusz
E
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
D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants