[An unusual interstitial pneumonitis].
We report the case of a twenty-six-years-old patient who developed acute silicosis after only five years of professional exposure. He also succeedingly presented in the course of the disease progressive massive fibrosis, rest hypoxia, and eventually spontaneous pneumothorax. Monopulmonary transplantation was finally successfully performed.
Service de Pneumologie, CHR Citadelle, Liège, Belgique.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000535:Aluminum / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D012828:Silicones; D000535:Aluminum