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Inhalational Talc Pneumoconiosis: Radiographic and CT Findings in 14 Patients

¹ Department of Radiology, Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka 591-8555, Japan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka 591-8555, Japan.
⁴ Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Industrial Health, Kawasaki 214-8585, Japan.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiographic and CT findings of inhalational talc pneumoconiosis.

CONCLUSION. Large opacities of talc pneumoconiosis progress more often than do small opacities. The CT findings of talc pneumoconiosis overlap those of silicosis and asbestosis.

Keywords: chest • high-resolution CT • lung • pneumoconiosis • radiography • talc • thin-section CT

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