Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Thorac Imaging. 2009 Nov;24(4):310-20. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181c1a9b3.
Despite federally mandated safety standards, occupational lung disease remains one of the most common work-related injuries. Inhaled dust can result in a range of tissue injury in the lung and can lead to significant respiratory insufficiency causing death. Although silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis are becoming less common, hypersensitivity pneumonitis is increasingly recognized as an occupational lung disease with new antigens being introduced annually. Imaging, particularly high-resolution computed tomography, is central to the management of occupational lung disease and is useful in diagnosis, assessment of disease activity, and evaluating response to therapy.
尽管有联邦规定的安全标准，但职业性肺病仍然是最常见的与工作相关的伤害之一。吸入的灰尘会导致肺部组织损伤，并导致严重的呼吸功能不全而导致死亡。虽然矽肺和煤工尘肺变得不那么常见，但每年都会引入新的抗原，因此越来越多的人认识到过敏性肺炎是一种职业性肺病。影像学，特别是高分辨率计算机断层扫描，是职业性肺病管理的核心，可用于诊断、评估疾病活动度和评估治疗反应。
