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. 1996 Jun;51(6):654–657. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.6.654

Pulmonary infiltration after exposure to home renovation dust: histopathology and microanalysis.

K Anderson 1, C P McSharry 1, G P Morris 1, C H Cameron 1, D McLellan 1, D R Vernon 1
PMCID: PMC1090503  PMID: 8693454

Abstract

A subacute self-resolving illness associated with bilateral pulmonary infiltration developed in a patient following renovation in her home. This may have been related to exposure to silicaceous plaster dust which was found in an environmental sample as well as on microanalysis of a transbronchial lung biopsy specimen and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

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