Abstract |
Taconite, although not classified by the United States Government as asbestos or asbestiform material, has been associated with asbestos-related diseases. The mineral is used in the production of steel and as a road-patch material and is mined in Michigan and Minnesota. This report describes the case of a middle-aged Caucasian woman with exposure to taconite mining dust from her miner father's clothing in childhood with a resultant presentation consistent with asbestosis and intractable pleural pain. Intractable pleural pain has been described in asbestos-exposed patients with theorized etiologies. However, no in vivo reported mechanism has demonstrated a plausible, anatomically apparent mechanism for the pain. We utilize an application of the Vitrea software for enhancement of high-resolution computerized tomography which demonstrates at least one likely mechanism for intractable pleural pain.
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Authors | Michael R Harbut, Carmen Endress, John J Graff, Christopher Weis, Harvey Pass |
Journal | International journal of occupational and environmental health
(Int J Occup Environ Health)
2009 Jul-Sep
Vol. 15
Issue 3
Pg. 269-73
ISSN: 1077-3525 [Print] England |
PMID | 19650581
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Asbestosis
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
- Calcinosis
- Environmental Exposure
- Female
- Humans
- Iron
(toxicity)
- Middle Aged
- Nuclear Family
- Pain, Intractable
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
- Pleural Diseases
(diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
- Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
- Silicates
(toxicity)
- Time
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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