Mushroom worker's lung: organic dust exposure in the spawning shed.
Two people employed for several years in the spawning shed of a mushroom farm developed mushroom worker's lung. The first patient presented in respiratory failure, with radiological features characteristic of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The condition of the second patient was subacute on presentation, with a computed tomography (CT) scan showing ground-glass opacities. With absence from the workplace and no steroid therapy, the symptoms of both patients subsided and the results of lung function tests and CT scans improved markedly.
Hoy
Ryan F
RF
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. drryanhoy@gmail.com
Pretto
Jeffrey J
JJ
van Gelderen
David
D
McDonald
Christine F
CF
D000328:Adult; D000364:Agaricus; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004391:Dust