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Pages 109-111 (March - April 1982)
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Vol. 18. Issue 2.
Pages 109-111 (March - April 1982)
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Calcificaciones pleurales diafragmaticas en un minero catalan del asbesto
Diaphragmatic pleural calcifications in a catalonian asbestos miner
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C. Picado, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, A. Agusti-Vidal
Servicio de Neumología y Alergia Respiratoria. Hospital Clínico y Provincial. Facultad de Medicina. Barcelona
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Las calcificaciones pleurales especialmente diafragmáticas y bilaterales son muy características de la exposición al asbesto. En nuestro país habían sido descritas en individuos que trabajaban en empresas que utilizaban mineral importado de otros países. Nuestro caso tiene el interés anecdótico de recordar que la minería del amianto, aunque de escasa importancia, debe ser considerada en las encuestas realizadas en los individuos de la población que presenten alteraciones radiológicas o clínicas sugestivas de contacto con el mineral.

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Pleural calcifications, especially in the diaphragm or bi-laterally, are characteristic of long term asbestos dust exposure. The cases described in the Spanish literature, usually occurred in workers in industries using imported asbestos. The case described bellow calis attention to the fact that, although asbestos mining is only small-scale in our country, it must be kept in mind when radiological or clinical alterations suggestive of asbestos exposure are seen.

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