TY - JOUR
T1 - Bright asteroids in the polar sky-clinic-radio-pathological correlation in an unusual case of silicotuberculosis
AU - Rai, Santosh
AU - Acharya, Vishak
AU - Vahab, Sanoj
AU - Minal, Jessica
AU - Chakraborti, Shrijeet
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - We present a case of acute silicosis presenting with severe breathlessness and respiratory failure. An unusual aspect in our case was the presence of acute silicosis with respiratory failure in backdrop of long-term silica exposure. The other striking aspect in this case was the demonstration of crystalline silica particles under polarizing light in bronchial lavage fluid sample and coexistence of tuberculosis with acute silicosis.
AB - We present a case of acute silicosis presenting with severe breathlessness and respiratory failure. An unusual aspect in our case was the presence of acute silicosis with respiratory failure in backdrop of long-term silica exposure. The other striking aspect in this case was the demonstration of crystalline silica particles under polarizing light in bronchial lavage fluid sample and coexistence of tuberculosis with acute silicosis.
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U2 - 10.4103/0019-5278.183847
DO - 10.4103/0019-5278.183847
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976513112
SN - 0973-2284
VL - 20
SP - 60
EP - 63
JO - Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
