Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis
Classification and external resources
File:Asbestosis high mag.jpg 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, often in mines.

Types

Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names:

• Anthracosis - carbon
• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal
• Asbestosis - asbestos
• Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica
• Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite
• Berylliosis - beryllium
• Siderosis - iron
• Byssinosis - cotton
• 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

In addition, it has been speculated that astronauts subject to prolonged exposure to lunar dust may be susceptible to a type of pneumoconiosis. No cases exist yet, but future Moon missions are expected to take precautions against such exposure.

Diagnosis

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.

Other work-related lung diseases

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

See also

• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
• Black Lung Benefits Act of 1973
• Chalicosis
• Philip D'Arcy Hart
• Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

External links

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pneumoconioses
• Black Lung Benefits Act - U.S. Department of Labor
• Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis - The Merck Manuals: Online Medical Library
• Black Lung - United Mine Workers of America
• Black Lung - U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration
• A Conversation about Mining and Black Lung Disease
• Flavorings-Related Lung Disease

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