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Selected ReportsSilica-Induced Pleural Disease: An Unusual Case Mimicking Malignant Mesothelioma
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CASE REPORT
A 57-year-old man presented with chest pain, shortness of breath, and fever. He had a 32-year history of exposure to silica and silicates in a plumbing fixture factory where he sprayed glazing compound (primarily comprised of clay) onto the fixtures prior to their being fired. The patient was required to a wear a mask. He described airborne dust resulting from the spraying process itself and from the sweeping up of the dried glazing compound that had fallen on the floor. The chest radiographs
COMMENTARY
Involvement of the pleura in pulmonary silicosis is well-described.1 In advanced cases of silicosis, the pleural surfaces of the lungs are fibrotic with typical silicotic nodules and rarely diffuse plaques.1 Typically, there are multiple white spherical silicotic nodules protruding from the surface of the pleura.6 Al-Kassimi7 reported a case of lung silicosis with pleural effusion. In his case, no pathologic changes in the pleura other than mesothelial cell hyperplasia were noted.
Extrapulmonary
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