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A Silicosis Mouse Model Established by Repeated Inhalation of Crystalline Silica Dust
Published on: January 6, 2023
Silicosis as an unusual cause of symptomatic cervical adenopathy
Bjorn Baerts1, Bruno De Belie2, Wouter De Vos3
1Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.
Abstract:
A case of symptomatic cervical adenopathy is reported as a presentation of silicosis. Silicosis is one of the most important occupational health diseases worldwide caused by the inhalation of airborne silica particles. The presence of thoracic adenopathies is a common clinical feature of silicosis, cervical silicotic adenopathies on the other hand are rare and unknown to most clinicians and can therefore lead to a differential diagnostic problem. Awareness of the clinical, radiological, and histological features is key for the diagnosis.
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