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Benign pneumoconiosis
Occupational Disease Benign pneumoconiosis
Benign pneumoconiosis Category Interstitial Lung Disease
Benign pneumoconiosis Severity
Chronic
Benign pneumoconiosis Synonyms
Antimony pneumoconiosis; altapulgite pneumoconiosis; sopiolite pneumoconiosis; baritosis; bentonite pneumoconiosis; dental lab pneumoconiosis; diatomaceous earth pneumoconiosis; Fuller's earth pneumoconiosis; thesaurosis; kaolin pneumoconiosis; Portland
Information on Benign pneumoconiosis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Workers with benign pneumoconioses have small opacities on their chest x-rays. However, they are asymptomatic and have normal pulmonary function studies. The x-ray changes gradually resolve after the workers are removed from exposure. The most common benign pneumoconioses are siderosis (iron), stannosis (tin), and baritosis (barium). Other mineral dust exposures that can cause benign pneumoconioses include: antimony, Portland cement, fuller's earth, kaolin, titanium dioxide, gypsum, trona, and wollastonite. Silicosis has been found in bentonite miners. Diatomaceous earth may cause a mild pneumoconiosis after prolonged exposure. Both benign pneumoconioses and beryllium lung disease have been identified in dental laboratory workers. Non-benign dust diseases of the lung resembling silicosis or asbestosis can occur after years and decades of exposure to graphite, mica, oil shale, and talc. [Rom, p. 587-99]
Benign pneumoconiosis Latency
Years to decades
Benign pneumoconiosis References
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/occupationalasthma/