2017•DeckerMed MedicineRequires access
Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases Selected Pneumoconiosis
Cora S. Sack, Sverre Vedal, Joel D. Kaufman
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Abstract
Environmental and occupational lung diseases encompass a diverse group of lung diseases caused by the inhalation of potentially harmful substances. This review provides an in-depth discussion of the pneumoconioses, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, chronic beryllium disease, and other occupational lung diseases that affect the parenchyma. For each disease, the review presents the epidemiology, biologic mechanisms when known, diagnosis, and clinical care. The review includes tables with different pneumoconioses, occupations and industries associated with silicosis and asbestosis, and some selected causes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, as well as chest radiographs, computed tomographic scans, and/or pathologic slides of some selected diseases. This review contains 9 figures, 4 tables, and 68 references. Key words: asbestosis, asbestos-related pleural plaque, coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, chronic beryllium disease, hard metal pneumoconiosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pneumoconiosis, progressive massive fibrosis, silicosis