Two cases of hard metal lung disease showing gradual improvement in pulmonary function after avoiding dust exposure

We present herein two cases of hard metal lung disease (HMLD) with distinct pathological findings. Both cases showed gradual improvements in pulmonary function over a period of a few years (Case 1: 30 months; Case 2: 12 months) after the avoidance of dust exposure, while improvements on high-resolut...

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Main Authors: Terui, Hiroya, Konno, Satoshi, Kaga, Kichizo, Matsuno, Yoshihiro, Hatanaka, Kanako C., Kanno, Hiromi, Moriyama, Hiroshi, Uo, Motohiro, Nishimura, Masaharu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524026/