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Establishing a Silicosis Rat Model via Exposure of Whole-Body to Respirable Silica
Published on: October 28, 2022
Silica granulomas secondary to the explosion of a land mine
J Mesquita-Guimarães1, F Azevedo, S Aguiar
1Department of Dermatology, Oporto Faculty of Medicine, Portugal.
Cutis
|July 1, 1987
Abstract:
We describe a patient with multiple silica granulomas in the skin occurring fifteen years after trauma produced by the explosion of a land mine. The presence of silica in the granulomas was confirmed by x-ray microanalysis.

