baritosis
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Baritosis is a benign type of pneumoconiosis, which is caused by long-term exposure to the dust of insoluble compounds of barium, such as ground baryte ore.
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Vinony's link graph records 163 inbound references to baritosis, and connects out to mediastinum, pleural effusion and hospital-acquired pneumonia.
It sits within the topics Barium, Lung disorders and Occupational diseases.
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Research
24 papers- Baritosis: a benign pneumoconiosis.Thorax · 1976
- Pneumoconioses.The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences · 2013
- [Baritosis].Arhiv za higijenu rada · 1953
- State-of-the-art nanopathological diagnostics.Ultrastructural pathology · 2017
- [Problem of baritosis].Gigiena i sanitariia · 1958
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- pulmonology
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Baritosis is a benign type of pneumoconiosis, which is caused by long-term exposure to the dust of insoluble compounds of barium, such as ground baryte ore.
The disease may develop after few months of exposure. Barium compounds have a high radio-opacity. Extremely dense, discrete small opacities of 2–4 mm diameter, sometimes of a star-like configuration, are seen on the radiograph. Their distribution is uniform. When they are very numerous, superimposition may give the impression of confluency, but this does not seem to occur in reality. The hilar lymph nodes can be very opaque but not enlarged. After cessation of exposure, there is a gradual clearing of the opacities.
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