[Evaluation of occupational disease incidence caused by partial body vibration (occupational disease number 54) in typical foundry work sites 1972-1986]. / Auswertung des Berufskrankheitsgeschehens Teilkörpervibration (BK-Nummer 54) an giessereitypischen Arbeitsplätzen in den Jahren 1972-1986.

For decades hand-held instruments have been widely used in foundries for material densening and cast after treatment, which introduce a vibration into the hand-arm-system. Over a period of several years this effect may cause both degenerative changes of bones and joints and damages to peripheral nerves and vessels. The present paper gives a summary and differentiated analysis of job-related lesions caused by vibration of parts of the body on foundry-typical workshop places from 1972 to 1986.

[Sarcoidosis of the parietal pleura--a contribution to the pathogenesis of intrathoracic sarcoidosis]. / Die Sarkoidose der Pleura parietalis--ein Beitrag zur Pathogenese der intrathorakalen Sarkoidose.

Sarcoidosis is a frequent systemic disease with various appearances and unknown etiology. The diagnosis of intrathoracical sarcoidosis can be made with considerable accuracy by means of X-rays and endoscopic and bioptic methods. In the international literature there exist very great differences concerning the pleural involvement in sarcoidosis. Potential causes and hypotheses of the modality of the involvement of the parietal pleura with noncaseating epitheloid granulomas are discussed.