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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1984-9-5
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pubmed:abstractText |
A 44-yr-old male presented with shortness of breath, diffuse X-ray infiltrates, and physiologic evidence of a restrictive lung disease. Biopsy revealed pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. The patient had worked for the previous 6 yr as an aluminum rail grinder in a very dusty environment. Analysis of his lung tissue revealed greater than 300 X 10(6) particles of aluminum/g dry lung; all of the particles appeared as spheres of less than 1 mu diameter. We believe that this case represents an example of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis induced by inhalation of aluminum particles; this finding confirms animal studies which suggest that proteinosis can be produced by very large doses of many types of finely divided mineral dust.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Aug
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pubmed:issn |
0003-0805
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
130
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
312-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Aluminum,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Biopsy,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Dust,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Environmental Exposure,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Lung,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6465685-Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
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pubmed:year |
1984
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and aluminum dust exposure.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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