Pericardial plaque: a unique complication of silicosis.
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.
Mohebbi
Iraj
I
Department of Occupational Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. irajmohebbi@umsu.ac.ir
Lameei
Aboulfath
A
Booshehri
Behzad
B
Aslanabadi
Naser
N
Maasomi
Reza
R
Dehghani
Mohammadreza
M
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