Pneumoconioses

Question 1

Occupational risk factors for Asbestosis?

Answer 1

Shipbuilding, roofing, plumbing, house demolition, electrician, construction

Question 2

X-ray findings in asbestosis

Answer 2

pleural plaques, pleural thickening, ferruginous bodies on Prussian blue stain

Question 3

what are ferruginous bodies?

Answer 3

asbestosis fibers coated in iron and protein (golden brown, fusiform)

Question 4

What is the occupational risk for Berylliosis?

Answer 4

Aerospace industry, manufacturing

Question 5

X-ray findings in Berylliosis?

Answer 5

noncaseating granulomas

concentric arrangement of epitheloid cells

Question 6

occupational risk factor for coal workers pneumoconiosis?

Answer 6

coal mining

Question 7

X-ray findings in coal workers pneumoconiosis?

Answer 7

anthracotic macrophages (coal laden macrophages)

black intracellular deposits

Question 8

what is the occupational risk associated with silicosis

Answer 8

sandblasting, mining, foundry/quarry work

Question 9

what are the X-ray findings in silicosis?

Answer 9

silicotic nodules which are well defined nodules with concentric layers of collagen and fibrotic tissue