Diffuse lung disease caused by cotton fibre inhalation but distinct from byssinosis
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Diffuse lung disease caused by cotton fibre inhalation but distinct from byssinosis.
A 66 year old man had inhaled cotton fibre for 50 years at his workplace. He did not have any respiratory symptoms. Chest CT scans revealed diffuse centrilobular and peribronchovascular interstitial thickening. Lung biopsy specimens confirmed the presence of string-like foreign bodies as well as granulomas and fibrosis in the peribronchial region. Infrared spectrophotometry confirmed that the f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.014027