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Heavy occupational exposure to silica dust in a 19-year-old man led to rapidly progressive silicosis complicated by cor pulmonale and a unique pericardial plaque formation.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights a rare or previously unknown complication of silicosis involving pericardial plaque formation.
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May signal pericardial plaques in young silicosis with cor pulmonale; hypothesis-generating case leaving prevalence and screening implications open.
The heart and the respiratory system are closely connected in such a way that disorders of one system would influence the function of the other. This unique case of silicosis complicated by corpulmonale associated with pericardial plaque formation in a young adult male is reported here due to an unknown complication of silicosis.
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Mohebbi et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Silicosis (n=1). Silica dust exposure was evaluated. Heavy occupational exposure to silica dust in a 19-year-old man led to rapidly progressive silicosis complicated by cor pulmonale and a unique pericardial plaque formation.
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