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Case Reports
. 1989 Sep-Oct;80(5):425-8.

[Occupational asthma caused by inhalation of cuttlefish bone dust]

[Article in Italian]
V Beltrami, A Innocenti, M G Pieroni, R Civai, D Nesi, S Bianco
  • PMID: 2622415
Case Reports

[Occupational asthma caused by inhalation of cuttlefish bone dust]

[Article in Italian]
V Beltrami et al. Med Lav. 1989 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

This report describes a new case of occupational asthma in a goldsmith. A 25-year-old female suffered attacks of urticaria and asthma at each exposure to the dust of cuttle-fish bone used to polish gold jewellery. A specific occupational bronchial provocation challenge showed a dual asthmatic response with a maximum fall in FEV1 of 26% of the baseline value after 6 hours. A prick-test with crude cuttle-fish bone dust in glycerin 10% also gave a positive response.

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