Muddy lung.

Abstract

A 31-year-old man, a racing car driver, was submerged in muddy water as the result of an accident. He died from respiratory failure after a 17-day clinical course. Foreign body granulomatosis and massive fibrosis of the lung were revealed at autopsy. The crystalline foreign bodies mainly were composed of silicon and ranged in size from 20 micron to 500 micron in diameter (average, 90 micron). Their distribution in the lungs corresponded to the areas of lung carnification. In this study, the authors demonstrate that near drowning in muddy water causes pulmonary silicate granulomatosis associated with carnificating fibrosis of the lung and term the pulmonary changes "muddy lung."

• Authors: M Noguchi, Y Kimula, T Ogata
• Journal: American journal of clinical pathology (Am J Clin Pathol) Vol. 83 Issue 2 Pg. 240-4 (Feb 1985) ISSN: 0002-9173 [Print] England
• PMID: 3969964 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Soil

Topics

• Adult
• Autopsy
• Drowning (pathology)
• Fresh Water
• Granuloma (etiology)
• Humans
• Lung Diseases (etiology)
• Male
• Particle Size
• Pneumoconiosis (etiology)
• Pneumonia, Aspiration (etiology, pathology, therapy)
• Pulmonary Fibrosis (etiology)
• Soil (analysis)