Bauxite fibrosis
{{Infobox medical condition
| name = Bauxite fibrosis
| image = Bauxite with unweathered rock core. C 021.jpg
| caption = Bauxite with unweathered rock core
| synonyms = Shaver's disease, Corundum smelter's lung, Bauxite lung or Bauxite smelters' disease, Bauxite pneumoconiosis
}}
Bauxite fibrosis is a progressive form of pneumoconiosis usually caused by occupational exposure to bauxite fumes which contain aluminium and silica particulates.{{cite book|author=Tamotsu Takishima|title=Basic and Clinical Aspects of Pulmonary Fibrosis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YfJHsUfERn8C&pg=PA391|date=1994-05-23|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-8927-6|pages=391–}}
It is typically seen in workers involved in the smelting of bauxite to produce corundum.{{cite journal |vauthors=WYATT JP, RIDDELL AC |title=The morphology of bauxite-fume pneumoconiosis |journal=Am. J. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=447–65 |year=1949 |pmid=18127135 |pmc=1942907}}
Presentation
Initially, the disease appears as alveolitis, and then progresses to emphysema.{{cite book|author=Lippincott|title=Professional Guide to Diseases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txjNgI8Zle8C&pg=PA1200|date=2012-11-05|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-1-4511-7892-0|pages=1200–}}
Patients may develop pneumothorax (collapsed lung).{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Diagnosis
Diagnosis depends on chest X-rays, lung function tests, and history.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
Treatment
{{Empty section|date=September 2017}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Medical resources
| ICD10 = {{ICD10|J|63|1|j|60}}
| ICD9 = {{ICD9|503}}
| ICDO =
| OMIM =
| MedlinePlus =
| eMedicineSubj =
| eMedicineTopic =
| DiseasesDB =
}}
{{Respiratory pathology}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauxite Fibrosis}}