A case of airway aluminosis with likely secondary pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Yuki Yabuuchi,Hitomi Goto,Mizu Nonaka,Hiroaki Tachi,Tatsuya Akiyama,Naoki Arai,Hiroaki Ishikawa,Kentaro Hyodo,Kenji Nemoto,Yukiko Miura,Isano Hase,Shuji Oh-ishi,Kenji Hayashihara,Takefumi Saito,Tatsuya Chonan

A case of airway aluminosis with likely secondary pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

2019

Yuki Yabuuchi
Hitomi Goto
Mizu Nonaka
Hiroaki Tachi
Tatsuya Akiyama
Naoki Arai
Hiroaki Ishikawa
Kentaro Hyodo
Kenji Nemoto
Yukiko Miura
Isano Hase
Shuji Oh-ishi
Kenji Hayashihara
Takefumi Saito
Tatsuya Chonan

Background Excessive inhalation of aluminium powder occasionally results in upper lobe predominant lung fibrosis, which is similar to idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) and has been suggested to be secondary PPFE.

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Intensive care medicine
Lung fibrosis
Occupational lung disease
Inhalation
Airway
Cardiothoracic surgery
Pathology
Medicine
Aluminosis
critical condition
Lung biopsy
Computed tomography
Lung
Radiology

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