Retroperitoneal silicosis mimicking pancreatic carcinoma in an Alpine miner with chronic lung silicosis.
- 1 June 1992
- Vol. 47 (6) , 480-481
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.47.6.480
Abstract
A miner, known to have had lung silicosis for 30 years, was investigated for abdominal pain. A retroperitoneal mass was found, in which histological examination showed an inflammatory reaction to silica.Keywords
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