Silico-asbestosis that responded to steroid therapy.
A 73-year-old man with silico-asbestosis responded to steroid therapy. Chest CT scans showed diffuse micronodular opacities and ground glass opacities bilaterally throughout the entire lung fields, as well as progressive massive fibrosis in the bilateral upper lung fields. Diagnostic thoracoscopic biopsy revealed mixed dust pneumoconiosis with silicotic nodules, as well as fibrosis similar to that of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) with many fibroblastic foci and alveolitis. Many asbestos bodies were also detected by iron staining.
Hoshi
Sakuo
S
Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Doai Memorial Hospital, Yokoami, Tokyo.
Tamai
Yotaro
Y
Tamura
Atsushi
A
Ishida
Hirofumi
H
Yoshida
Nozomi
N
Ogawa
Chuhei
C
Suzuki
Naoto
N
Sano
Yasuyuki
Y
Kawabata
Yoshinori
Y
D000368:Aged; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D012829:Silicosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone