Asbestosis occurring after brief inhalational exposure: usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosis.
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Asbestosis occurring after brief inhalational exposure: usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosis.
A case of clinically and radiologically typical asbestosis manifesting in a 55 year old man occurred 36 years after a brief exposure period of less than one year. A transbronchial lung biopsy was performed but the samples were considered non-diagnostic. The diagnosis was supported by the use of bronchoalveolar lavage to obtain alveolar samples and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.46.2.106