Pneumoconiosis
Classification and external resources
Micrograph of asbestosis (with ferruginous bodies), a type of pneumoconiosis. H&E stain.
ICD-10	J60.-J65.
ICD-9	500-505
DiseasesDB	31746
MeSH	D011009

Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust.

Contents 1 Types 2 See also 3 Other Work-related Lung Diseases 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Types

Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.

Types include:

• Anthracosis - carbon dust
• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust
• Asbestosis - asbestos dust
• Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica dust
• Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust
• Berylliosis - beryllium dust
• Siderosis - iron dust
• Byssinosis - cotton dust
• Silicosiderosis - mixed dust containing silica and iron
• Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust containing iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos

Positive indications on patient assessment:

• Shortness of breath
• Chest X-ray may show a characteristic patchy, subpleural, bibasilar interstitial infiltrates or small cystic radiolucencies called honeycombing

Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Chalicosis
• Philip D'Arcy Hart
• Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[edit] Other Work-related Lung Diseases

• Popcorn workers lung disease - Diacetyl emissions and airborne dust from butter flavorings used in microwave popcorn production

[edit] References

1. ^ Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.

[edit] External links

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pneumoconioses
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