CT patterns of pleuro-pulmonary damage caused by inhalation of pumice as a model of pneumoconiosis from non-fibrous amorphous silicates

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• 作者：Chiara Costa ; Giorgio Ascenti ; Emanuele Scribano ; Tommaso D’Angelo…
• 关键词：Amorphous silica ; Computed tomography ; Lung ; Pleura ; Pumice ; Pneumoconiosis
• 刊名：La radiologia medica
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：121
• 期：1
• 页码：19-26
• 全文大小：1,029 KB
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• 作者单位：Chiara Costa (1)
  Giorgio Ascenti (2)
  Emanuele Scribano (2)
  Tommaso D’Angelo (2)
  Michele Gaeta (2)
  Concettina Fenga (1)
  Alfredo Blandino (2)
  Silvio Mazziotti (2)
  
  1. Department of Environment, Security, Territory, Food and Health Sciences-Occupational Medicine Section, Policlinico “G. Martino”, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy
  2. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, Policlinico “G. Martino”, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy
  
• 刊物主题：Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology; Neuroradiology; Ultrasound;
• 出版者：Springer Milan
• ISSN：1826-6983

文摘

Purpose The aim of this article is to correlate the radiological features of pleuro-pulmonary damage caused by inhalation of pumice (an extrusive volcanic rock classified as a non-fibrous, amorphous, complex silicate) with exposure conditions.