Occupational Asthma Reference

Vallyathan V, Bergeron WN, Robichaux PA, Craighead JE, Pulmonary fibrosis in an aluminium arc welder, Chest, 1982;81:372-374,

Keywords: aluminium, ILD, histology, welder

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Abstract

Case report of 35 year old smoker working for 18 years as an aluminium arc welder, making boats often in confined spaces. PFT mixed obstructive/restricticve. No mention of clubbing or crackles. Had left upper lobectomy. Dense accumulation of macrophages contain grey/browm material in nodules and interstitium, X-ray spectrometry showed that material was aluminium. No follow-up data included

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