title: [Well-digger's lung in Mali during the decade of 2001-2010].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The well-digger is a craftsman who hollows wells often manually; this trade can be source of inhalation of the particles of silica. The whole of the radio clinical signs linked to this profession is known under the term "Well-digger's lung". The goal was to study the radio clinical aspects and progression in black African's pulmonological environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective and descriptive study concerning the respiratory involvement of well-diggers in the Pulmonology service of the Teaching Hospital of Bamako, from January 2001 to December 2010. The admission registers were used as data verification support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 4158 admissions for lung affection, we have collected 39 cases of well-digger's lung (0.9%), all young male adults. The average of exposition period was 13 ± 9 years, correlated to the patient's age (p<0.001). The principal reason of consultation was dyspnea (94.8%). The complications were frequent (cardiac, infectious, pleural). The radiological pictures were made of bilateral big opacities associated with small opacities. The evolution was unfavorable in the majority of the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The well-digger's lung is a young adult pneumoconiosis linked to the inhalation of the particles of silica during the trade (profession) of well-digger that complicates frequently in chronic respiratory insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali. Electronic address: toloba71@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toloba
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Sissoko
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Badoum
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Nenzeko
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ouattara
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soumaré
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie, CHU du point G, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidibé
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, CHU du point G, BP 333, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000633:toxicity; D060986:Water Wells / Q000737:chemistry; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide
keywords: Complication; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Pneumoconiose; Pneumoconiosis; Puisatier; Silicose; Silicosis; Well-digger