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Case Reports
. 1991;142(6):409-13.

[Occupational exposure to silicon and dermatopolymyositis. 3 cases]

[Article in French]
A C Koeger  1 , D Alcaix, S Rozenberg, P Bourgeois
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  • PMID: 1837703
Case Reports

[Occupational exposure to silicon and dermatopolymyositis. 3 cases]

[Article in French]
A C Koeger et al. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1991.

Abstract

After 5, 16 and 21 years of occupational exposure to silica, 2 men and 1 woman, respectively, were diagnosed as having dermatopolymyositis. Pulmonary impairment was always present and took the form of diffuse interstitial fibrosis in 2 patients, whose lung biopsies revealed high particulate silica contents. The role of silica in the induction of dermatopolymyositis is discussed in light of published information on silica-induced connective tissue diseases.

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