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Query: UMLS:C0037116 (silicosis)
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Silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) are two relatively common occupational diseases. Silicosis is the most common pneumoconiosis in the United States. It results from inhalation of the particulate form of quartz or other crystalline forms of silicon dioxide with a diameter of less than 5 micrograms. CWP is the result of inhalation of carbon particles. Pathologic features of the two diseases differ, yet their radiologic features are identical. Simple pneumoconiosis is characterized by multiple small rounded opacities of 1 to 5 mm in diameter and with a bias for the upper lung zones. Complicated pneumoconiosis results from confluence of small opacities into large opacities that form conglomerate masses or progressive massive fibrosis.
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PMID:Standard imaging in silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis. 141 Mar 5

The most prevalent pneumoconioses are silicosis, asbestosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis. Other pneumoconioses that have distinct clinical, functional and structural repercussions are caused by inhalation of metal powder in fumes from metals or organic salts. The distinction in terms of the chemical form of the inhaled compound is related to the tissue reaction and to the prognosis. Simple pneumoconiosis, siderosis, berylliosis and phosphate rock-related pneumoconiosis, as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by exposure to heavy metals, are succinctly discussed. As an instrument of etiologic investigation of these pneumoconioses, the taking of occupational histories is essential.
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PMID:[Other pneumoconioses]. 1727