title: Pericardial plaque: a unique complication of silicosis.
abstract: The heart and the respiratory system are closely connected in such a way that disorders of one system would influence the function of the other. This unique case of silicosis complicated by corpulmonale associated with pericardial plaque formation in a young adult male is reported here due to an unknown complication of silicosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. irajmohebbi@umsu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mohebbi
authors.forename: Aboulfath
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lameei
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Booshehri
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aslanabadi
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maasomi
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dehghani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012829:Silicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology