Goodman G B, Kaplan P D, Stachura I, Castranova V, Pailes W H, Lapp N L
Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
Chest. 1992 Feb;101(2):366-70. doi: 10.1378/chest.101.2.366.
The course of acute silicosis usually is relentlessly progressive. Death results from cor pulmonale and respiratory failure, with mycobacterial infection a frequent serious complication. Attempts to treat the illness generally have been unavailing. We report an unusual case of acute silicosis in which improvement in clinical status, chest x-ray film findings and pulmonary function occurred following therapy with corticosteroids. To our knowledge, this is the first such case reported in the medical literature.
急性矽肺的病程通常呈持续进展。死亡原因是肺心病和呼吸衰竭，分枝杆菌感染是常见的严重并发症。治疗该病的尝试通常都没有效果。我们报告了一例罕见的急性矽肺病例，该病例在使用皮质类固醇治疗后，临床状况、胸部X光片表现和肺功能均有所改善。据我们所知，这是医学文献中报道的首例此类病例。
