title: Silico-asbestosis that responded to steroid therapy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Doai Memorial Hospital, Yokoami, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Sakuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Yotaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Chuhei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone