Open AccessSilicosis with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in Rajasthan
Author(s) -
Manish Kumar Bairwa,
Narendra Joshi,
Shilpa Agnihotri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_247_18
Subject(s) - silicosis , medicine , pneumothorax , occupational lung disease , thoracostomy , surgery , chest radiograph , complication , tuberculosis , pneumoconiosis , sputum , lung , radiology , radiography , pathology
Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica. People working in occupations like sandblasting, surface drilling, tunnelling, silica flour milling, ceramic making are predisposed to develop silicosis. Unilateral spontaneous pneumothorax is a pleural complication that can develop in such cases. Our aim is to see the prevalence of bilateral pneumothorax in silicosis in Rajasthan and associated predisposing factors.