[Benign pleural effusion in a carpenter exposed to asbestos].
A 55-year-old carpenter developed pleurisy with pleural effusion on the right side in 2000 and on the left side in 2003. No known causes of pleurisy were found. He had been occupationally exposed to asbestos during a 6-month-period in 1971 while working with roof sheets made of asbestos cement. In the literature there is evidence of asbestos being a cause of benign pleural effusion. We found it likely that the pleurisy with pleural effusion found in this patient was an occupational condition and it should therefore be notified as industrial injury.
Arbejdsmedicinsk Klinik, Slagelse Sygehus, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark. rpt@regionsjaelland.dk
Rolf
R
Petersen
Carsten Franck
CF
Pedersen
Erik Peter
EP
Munch
D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000209:etiology*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
D001194:Asbestos