Case Report
Rare Complications of Silica Dust Exposure
Alaa Omar Shalaby 1
, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel 1
, Ahmed Serag Aldein Al Halfawy 1
, Hassan Mahmoud Amin 1
, Sabah Ahmed Hussein 1
, Hassan Gamal Yamamah 1
, Hoda Mohamed Abdel-hamid 1
, Khaled Mahmoud Kamel 1
, Ahmed Serag Aldein Al Halfawy 1
, Hassan Mahmoud Amin 1
, Sabah Ahmed Hussein 1
, Hassan Gamal Yamamah 1
, Hoda Mohamed Abdel-hamid 1
1Department of Chest, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
J Clin Pract Res 2019; 41(2): 218-219 DOI: 10.14744/etd.2019.38278
Abstract
Crystalline silica inhalation causes silicosis, one of the ancient occupational lung diseases. It leads to an irreversible fibrotic response in the lung parenchyma and, consequently, causes diffuse interstitial lung disease. Asymptomatic to chronic irreversible forms are various presentations of silicosis, which has a high-risk predisposition to various comorbidities. We documented two cases of rare presentations of silica dust exposure alveolar silicoproteinosis and silicotuberculosis.
Keywords: Silicosis, alveolar silicoproteinosis, silicotuberculosis, silica dust.