Silicosis en los trabajadores del cuarzo: ¿elevado riesgo para un trasplante pulmonar? / Silicosis in quartz workers: at high risk of becoming lung transplants?
Rev. esp. patol. torac
; 27(4): 234-238, nov.-dic. 2015. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-144521
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ES1.1
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RESUMEN
Se ha descrito en la literatura la relación entre la exposición laboral al cuarzo y el desarrollo de silicosis en determinados grupos de pacientes jóvenes, en el contexto de la manipulación de conglomerados de cuarzo artificial. Presentamos el caso de un paciente joven, marmolista, con diagnóstico de silicosis a los 28 años e historia de exposición laboral a cuarzo sin protección respiratoria adecuada. Dada la mala evolución del paciente, debido al desarrollo de una fibrosis pulmonar masiva progresiva, fue sometido a trasplante pulmonar unilateral de forma electiva, con una evolución posterior satisfactoria
ABSTRACT
The literature has described the relationship between exposition to quartz at work and developing silicosis in certain young patients, within the context of manipulating artificial quartz aggregates. We present the case of a young patient, a stonemason who was diagnosed with silicosis at the age of 28. He had a history of being exposed to quartz on the job, without any adequate respiratory protection. Given the poor evolution of the patient, and due to his developing, progressive and massive pulmonary fibrosis, he underwent an elective, unilateral lung transplant, with satisfactory evolution
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Spain
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.9 Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
Health problem:
Occupational Exposures
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Quartz
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Silicosis
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Occupational Exposure
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Lung Transplantation
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. esp. patol. torac
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/España