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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Asif, Huda
• Braman, Sidney S

Titel

Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema in a Patient With Chronic Occupational Exposure to Trichloroethylene

Ist Teil von

• Military medicine, 2024-02, Vol.189 (3-4), p.e907-e910

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ABSTRACT Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a clinical syndrome of upper-zone–predominant emphysema on high-resolution CT and a peripheral and basal–predominant diffuse pulmonary fibrosis. Multiple occupational and inhalational exposures have been associated with CPFE. We describe a U.S. veteran, who developed CPFE after a prolonged, intense exposure to trichloroethylene as an aircraft maintenance worker. We believe that this may be another example of occupational-associated CPFE.