A Case of Welder's Lung Disease and Concurred Non-Tuberculotic Mycobacterial Infection Confirmed with Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 223-227, 2012.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-154552
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary siderosis, or Welder's lung disease is an occupational lung disease caused by iron-inhalation. Diagnosis of pulmonary siderosis is based on occupational history of the patient, radiologic findings, and pathologic findings of iron-laden macrophages within lung tissue or broncho-alveolar lavage fluid. We observed a case of a 43 years-old welder diagnosed with pulmonary siderosis via thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Sputum culture along with pathology also identified a non-tuberculotic mycobacterial infection with a sputum culture and the pathologic findings. The patient was treated with anti-tubercular medication and cessation of iron-exposure. And his condition improved within a few months.
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Main subject:
Pneumoconiosis
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Sputum
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Biopsy
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Siderosis
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
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Hemosiderosis
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Therapeutic Irrigation
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Lung
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Lung Diseases
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Macrophages
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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