[Role of characteristics of the bronchopulmonary structure in the etiology of occupational diseases of the respiratory organs]. / Rol' osobennostei stroeniia bronkholegochnogo apparata v formirovanii professional'nykh zabolevanii organov dykhaniia.

The article analyzes the role of bronchial and pulmonary anatomy in formation if occupational diseases--chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis. Those diseases in over 78% of the examinees appear on the background of various anomalies of bronchial and pulmonary structure. In this case congenital anomalies commonly coincide with abnormal segmentary division of bronchi and extend down to the terminal parts of airways. Over 70% of the patients demonstrate tracheobronchial dyskinesia being an important cause of the diseases' fast progressing.

[The classification of pneumoconioses]. / O klassifikatsii pnevmokoniozov.

The article deals with analysis of scientific data concerning etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and roentgenologic manifestations, morphologic appearances and other aspects to precise and refine the former idea of pneumoconioses. The authors present the main principles for improved classification of pneumoconioses.

[The pathomorphological aspects for the classification of pneumoconioses]. / Patomorfologicheskie aspekty k klassifikatsii pnevmokoniozov.

The present national classification of pneumoconioses was adopted 15 years ago. During this time span clinical morphology, a new branch of medical science, was formed and developed. So, the new approaches inspired classic pathologic anatomy and experimental pulmonology to assemble more precise and somehow refined knowledge of pneumoconioses, including the classification. Pneumoconiosis as diffuse pneumonitis can develop 2 main types: interstitial and granulomatous. Both types are characterized by progressive stages of morphogenesis, which are different in various loci of lungs. Those stages are: alveolar lipoproteinosis, serous and desquamative alveolitis, coniotic lymphangitis, coniotic pneumosclerosis. First three of them compose alteration and dystrophic period of the disease, the last one demonstrates pulmonary fibrosis. During the coniotic lymphangitis granulomas could be formed of either macrophages, or epithelioid cells.

[Basic achievements in the diagnosis and in the problems of the pathogenesis and clinical picture of respiratory organ diseases of dust etiology]. / Osnovnye dostizheniia v diagnostike, voprosakh patogeneza i kliniki zabolevanii organov dykhaniia pylevoi étiologii.

The article contains new data concerned with the respiratory pathologic processes caused by industrial aerosols of different compositions, as well as the mechanisms of their functioning and development. Current problems of occupational lung diseases' treatment are considered in this connection.