SILICOSIS PRESENTING AS BILATERAL HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY

Authors
BALDWIN DR LAMBERT L PANTIN CFA PROWSE K COLE RB
Citation
Dr. Baldwin et al., SILICOSIS PRESENTING AS BILATERAL HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY, Thorax, 51(11), 1996, pp. 1165-1167
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
51
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1165 - 1167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1996)51:11<1165:SPABHL>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Classical radiographic features of patients presenting with silicosis are diffuse interstitial shadowing with subsequent enlargement of hila r nodes, sometimes with ''eggshell'' calcification. Five case historie s are described of workers who were exposed to silica and presented in itially with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy without radiographic evid ence of interstitial lung disease. One case progressed to show feature s of silicosis.