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Retroperitoneal silicosis mimicking pancreatic carcinoma in an Alpine miner with chronic lung silicosis
J M Tschopp1, M J Rossini, C A Richon
1Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie, Montana.
Thorax
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A miner, known to have had lung silicosis for 30 years, was investigated for abdominal pain. A retroperitoneal mass was found, in which histological examination showed an inflammatory reaction to silica.