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Annales D'Anatomie Pathologique
|May 1, 1975
Abstract:
The authors present an unusual case of asbestosis. The latter had very diffuse macrophagic and giant cell granulomatous lesions. The morphological findings and the history enabled one to relate the appearance observed to the conjoined handling of asbestos and talc. A primary adenocarcinoma developed on these lesions.
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