This website uses cookies

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. We will only use cookies based on your decision.

Complicated Silicosis

Márcio Rodrigues, MD; André Carvalho, MD; Patrícia Leitão, MD; António Madureira, MD and Rui Cunha, MD
Department of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, Porto, Portugal
|12/05/2017

A 45-year-old male patient, complaining of progressive shortness of breath, coughing with sputum production and weight loss for the past two years, was referred to a chest physician for checkup. He had worked as a quarryman since the age of 20, without using respiratory protection. A chest CT scan was ordered upon the suspicion of an occupational lung disease.

Subscription Button Icon
Be the first to know about our events, training, and news