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Airbag lung: an unusual case of sarcoid-like granulomatous lung disease after a rollover motor vehicle accident.

Abstract
Sarcoid-like granulomatous lung disease (SLGLD) is a condition associated with the formation of noncaseating, nonnecrotizing granulomas. The final by-product of airbag deployment is alkaline silicates or glass. Silicates trapped and sequestered in the lung parenchyma are a potential mediator for immune system activation and development of sarcoid-like granulomatous lung disease.
AuthorsThomas P Waring, Poornima Hegde, Raymond J Foley
JournalConnecticut medicine (Conn Med) Vol. 78 Issue 5 Pg. 273-6 (May 2014) ISSN: 0010-6178 [Print] United States
PMID24974560 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Silicates
Topics
  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Air Bags (adverse effects)
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Reaction (chemically induced, diagnostic imaging)
  • Granuloma (chemically induced, diagnostic imaging)
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases (chemically induced, diagnostic imaging)
  • Middle Aged
  • Silicates (toxicity)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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