Pulmonary Function in Silicosis and Silicotuberculosis

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis in India

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis in India Nandini Sharma, Debashish Kundu, Sunita Dhaked & Anand Das a Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. b RNTCP Technical Support Network, Revised National Tuberculosis Programme, D-776, First Floor, C R Park, New Delhi, 110019, India. c The Union, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to Debashish Kundu (email: debashi...

Silicotuberculosis and silicosis as occupational diseases: report of two cases.

INTRODUCTION Silicosis, the most prevalent of the pneumoconioses, is caused by inhalation of crystalline silica particles. Silica-exposed workers are at increased risk for tuberculosis and other mycobacterium-related diseases. The risk of a patient with silicosis developing tuberculosis is higher (2.8 to 39 fold higher, depending on the severity of silicosis) than that found in healthy controls...

Pulmonary tuberculoma and miliary tuberculosis in silicosis.

Tuberculosis is a disease with protean manifestations. We present a case which was initially suspected as bronchogenic carcinoma with lymphangitic carcinomatosis, based on radiological appearance but later diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculoma with military tuberculosis and silicosis after thoracotomy and open lung biopsy. The patient was treated successfully with Antituberculosis Therapy (ATT). R...

Pulmonary function in ulcerative colitis

 Abstract Background: Pulmonary involvement in ulcerative colitis (UC) is thought to be rare. There is not a definite document about the question that "Is the lung a target organ in inflammatory bowel disease?" The aim of the present study is to compare lung function between cases with UC and healthy controls. This study will also be of interest about searching the outbreak of pulmonary functio...

Lung Function Impairment in Silicosis