[Dispensary registration groups and follow-up periods of patients with silicotuberculosis]. / O gruppakh dispansernogo ucheta i srokakh nabliudeniia bol'nykh silikotuberkulezom.

Silicosis is the most common and most frequently tuberculosis-complicated pneumoconiosis with poor prognosis. So a procedure for following up patients with silicotuberculosis requires revision and elaboration. Long-term follow-ups have made it possible to define early signs of this disease and to propose a number of techniques for its early diagnosis, such as chest computed tomography and polarization serum crystal microscopy. Specific recommendations on follow-ups of patients with silicosis and silicotuberculosis by a phthisiologist are laid down.