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Yuki Iijima1, Tomoya Tateishi1, Kimitake Tsuchiya1
1The Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Abstract:
A 61-year-old man was referred to our hospital with dyspnea and an abnormal lung shadow. His occupational history, pathological findings, and an elemental analysis led to a definitive diagnosis of pneumoconiosis induced by titanium grindings. The patient experienced gradual improvement solely by avoiding titanium grindings. Titanium-induced lung disease is very rare, and most of these cases are caused by inhalation of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is included in a wide range of commercially available products, such as paints, pigments, and cosmetics. However, industrial workers can also develop lung diseases due to the inhalation of metallic titanium materials during metal grinding.
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