title: [Silicosis].
abstract: Silicosis, which acquired great significance during the period of increase in mining and construction, continues to be a pathology with a high morbidity and mortality within pneumoconiosis. Exposure to silica produces pathological, clinical and radiological alterations that together with compatible personal antecedents suggests its diagnosis in a simple way. The associated complications as well as its differential diagnosis from other types of pneumopathy mean that a review of this entity is needed.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, 31008, Spain. kabusham@cfnavarra.es
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abú-Shams
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fanlo
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lorente
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D012829:Silicosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology