Pneumoconiosis

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Pneumoconiosis Classification and external resources
ICD-10	J60.-J65.
ICD-9	500-505
DiseasesDB	31746
MeSH	D011009

Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust.

Contents 1 Types 2 See also 3 Other Work-related Lung Diseases 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Types

Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.

Types include:

• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust
• Asbestosis - asbestos dust
• Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica dust
• Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust
• Berylliosis - beryllium dust
• Siderosis - iron dust
• Byssinosis - cotton dust
• Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust, including iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos

Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Chalicosis
• Philip D'Arcy Hart

[edit] Other Work-related Lung Diseases

• Popcorn workers lung disease - Diacetyl emissions and airborne dust from butter flavorings used in microwave popcorn production

[edit] References

1. ^ Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.

[edit] External links

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pneumoconioses
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v • d • e Pathology of respiratory system (J, 460-519), respiratory diseases Upper RT (including URTIs) Acute Common cold - Rhinitis - Sinusitis - Pharyngitis (Strep throat) - Tonsillitis - Laryngitis - Tracheitis - Croup - Epiglottitis Other nose disease (Vasomotor rhinitis, Hay fever, Atrophic rhinitis, Nasal polyp, Deviated septum) - Adenoid hypertrophy - Peritonsillar abscess - Vocal fold nodule - Laryngospasm Lower RT (including LRTIs) Pneumonia Viral - Bacterial - Bronchopneumonia Other acute Bronchitis (Acute, Chronic) - Bronchiolitis Chronic Emphysema - COPD - Asthma (Status asthmaticus) - Diffuse panbronchiolitis - Bronchiectasis Lung diseases due to external agents Pneumoconiosis (Asbestosis, Bauxite fibrosis, Berylliosis, Caplan's syndrome, Chalicosis, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, Siderosis, Silicosis) - Byssinosis - Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Bagassosis, Bird fancier's lung, Farmer's lung) Other lung disease, principally affecting the interstitium ARDS - Pulmonary edema - Löffler's syndrome - Eosinophilic pneumonia - Interstitial lung disease (Hamman-Rich syndrome, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) Suppuration Empyema - Lung abscess Other pleural disease/pleural effusion (Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Hemopneumothorax, Hydrothorax) mediastinal disease (Mediastinal emphysema, Mediastinitis) Mendelson's syndrome - Atelectasis Other/general Respiratory failure - Influenza - SARS see also congenital (Q30-Q34, 748)

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