Pneumoconiosis
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Weerakkody Y, MacManus D, Yu Y, et al. Pneumoconiosis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8975
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Systems:
Synonyms:
- Pneumoconioses
- Pneumoconiosis - general
Pneumoconioses are a broad group of lung diseases that are usually categorised as resulting from inhalation of inorganic dust particles 10. They are therefore considered part of the spectrum of inhalational lung diseases, and also occupational lung diseases.
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Epidemiology
Associations
Variant forms
Pathology
Aetiology
The offending agents are mainly mineral dust. Pneumoconioses can be broadly classified as 2,3:
-
fibrotic
iron oxide / welders pneumoconiosis (rare) 11
combined - silicoasbestosis
-
non-fibrotic
flavour worker's lung 9 - a bronchiolitis obliterans pattern may occur.
History and etymology
The term is derived from the Greek pneumon, meaning lung and konis, meaning dust, hence "dusty lung" 10.
See also
References
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