Bilateral Pulmonary Abscess Secondary to Pneumonokoniosis
One case is presented of a 66 year old stove molder who had worked 48 years in a foundry exposed to the inhalation of silica, iron oxide, and fixed carbon. A very extensive pneumonokoniosis ensued, and secondary to this, he developed a bilateral pulmonary abscess from which he died 28 days later. Th...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Chest 1940-10, Vol.6 (10), p.306-308 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | One case is presented of a 66 year old stove molder who had worked 48 years in a foundry exposed to the inhalation of silica, iron oxide, and fixed carbon. A very extensive pneumonokoniosis ensued, and secondary to this, he developed a bilateral pulmonary abscess from which he died 28 days later. The autopsy report is included. |
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| ISSN: | 0096-0217 0012-3692 2589-3890 1931-3543 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.6.10.306 |