title: Silicoproteino-tuberculosis: Three distinct entities or a unique entity: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Silicosis is considered to be among the occupational lung diseases and associated with sandblasting, mining, quarrying and tunneling. Acute silicosis is usually progressive diseaseand despite treatment with corticosteroids it leads to cardio-respiratory failure and death. Alveolar silicoproteinosis is one of it's acute presentations due to exposure to silica dust and lungs filling with proteinaceous material. Here, we have presented a 29 year old male sandblaster with the three conditions of acute silicosis, secondary alveolar proteinosis and pulmonary tuberculosis on four anti tuberculous medications who presented with respiratory distress.
authors.affiliation: 1. Assistant Professor, Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. cheraghvandi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheraghvandi
authors.affiliation: 2. Professor Medicine, Nursing and Respiratory Health Management Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. saeid-ftafti@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fallah Tafti
authors.affiliation: 3. Assistant Professor, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. firouzehtalischi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Firouzeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Talischi
authors.affiliation: 4. Assistant Professor, Telemedicine Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mseyedmehdi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Seyed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Seyedmehdi
authors.affiliation: 5. MS in Nursing, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. el_gh2008@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghazanchaei
authors.affiliation: 6. MS in Nursing, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sam_jeb@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Beheshteh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jebelli
authors.affiliation: 7. Associate Professor , Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mihanp@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mihan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pourabdollah
keywords: Drug-Resistant; Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis; Silicosis; Silicotuberculosis; Tuberculosis