Occupational Bronchitis?
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Occupational eosinophilic bronchitis in a foundry worker exposed to isocyanate and a baker exposed to flour.
Eosinophilic bronchitis without asthma may occur as a consequence of occupational exposure. The cases of a foundry worker and a baker who developed symptoms, respectively, due to exposure to isocyanate and flour, are reported. Cough was not associated with variable airflow obstruction or with airway hyper-responsiveness and was responsive to inhaled corticosteroids. The eosinophilia detectable ...
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Figure 2. Bronchial Cast showing complete casting of right upper lobe (RUL), right middle lobe (RML) and right lower lobe (RLL). Figure 1. Computed tomography of the chest showing consolidation of right lower lobe with arrow showing pulgged bronchioles. A 45-year-old male with a one-month history of dyspnea and cough presented with productive sputum consisting of bronchial casts for several day...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577006300901