Abstract

GIRALDO, Luis Fernando et al. Occupational pneumoconiosis due to tin oxide. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2013, vol.38, n.4, pp.273-276. ISSN 0120-2448.

Abstract A case of 34 year old man with lung involvement secondary to chronic exposure to welding with tin oxide. The patient consulted for a four-month history of dry cough associated with mild dyspnea and occasional wheezing without improvement with bronchodilator therapy and appearance of ground glass pulmonary opacities towards the upper lobes. In a transbronchial lung biopsy there are anthracosis areas with brown macrophages without fibrosis, findings consistent with stannosis. This is a rare disease that is associated with a benign course and should be recognized within the group of occupational diseases to define the prognosis of the patient. (Acta Med Colomb 2013; 38: 273-276).

Keywords : tin oxide; alveolitis; pneumoconiosis; interstitial lung disease; occupational disease.

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