Interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of fumes of nickel and chrome |
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| Authors: | Hisatomi Keiko Ishii Hiroshi Hashiguchi Koji Seki Masafumi Ide Mioko Sugiyama Kanako Ishimoto Hiroshi Nakayama Seiko Mukae Hiroshi Kohno Shigeru |
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| Affiliation: | Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, and Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | Two male industrial painters were admitted to hospital with dry cough and dyspnoea on exertion following a tank coating operation using a high-temperature spray paint consisting of a nickel-chromium alloy. Both patients showed hypoxaemia, peripheral leukocytosis, high levels of serum cytokines and bilateral ground-glass opacities on a chest CT scan. They were diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of nickel and chrome fumes and successfully treated with corticosteroid. These are rare cases of interstitial pneumonia associated with nickel/chromium inhalation. |
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| Keywords: | chrome interstitial pneumonia nickel occupational lung disease |
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