Interstitial Lung Disease due to Siderosis in a Lathe Machine Worker.
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2015-01
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Since its first description in 1936, siderosis of lung has been considered a benign pneumoconiosis due to absence
of significant clinical symptoms or respiratory impairment. Subsequently, authors have questioned the nonfibrogenic
property of iron. However, siderosis causing interstitial lung disease with usual interstitial pneumonia
(UIP) pattern has not been described in the past. We report a case of UIP on high resolution computed
tomography, proven to be siderosis on transbronchial lung biopsy in a lathe machine worker.
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Siderosis, Usual interstial pneumonia
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Gothi D, Satija B, Kumar S, Kaur Omkar. Interstitial Lung Disease due to Siderosis in a Lathe Machine Worker. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2015 Jan; 57(1): 35-37.