Bronchoalveolar lavage in talc induced lung disease
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in talc induced lung disease.
A 65 year old woman with a history of occupational talc inhalation presented with hypoxaemia, cough, and dyspnoea with a normal chest radiograph. Bronchoalveolar lavage showed considerable lymphocytosis, with a predominance of T8+ T lymphocytes, and open lung biopsy showed peribronchiolar granulomas containing talc crystals. Corticosteroid treatment resulted in dramatic improvement. Bronchoalve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.44.7.607