Asbestosis occurring after brief inhalational exposure: usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosis.
- 31 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 46 (2) , 106-110
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.46.2.106
Abstract
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 X ray analysis of fibres found in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid which showed a predominance of amosite.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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