title: Silicosis in a housewife.
abstract: Silicosis is an occupational respiratory disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust. We report the case of silicosis in a 50-year-old woman that presented with pulmonary fibrosis and later developed pulmonary tuberculosis. Her condition is believed to be due to inhalation of dust produced by scrubbing a silica rich surface during usual daily housework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tawam Hospital, PO Box 15258, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. safa@tawam-hosp.gov.ae
authors.forename: Wassef F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Safa
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012829:Silicosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed