Dixit Ramakant D, Jalutharia Jitendra, Goyal Mukesh, Chaudhary Pradeep, Kasliwal Neena
Department of Respiratory Medicine, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Jul-Sep;25(3):182-184. doi: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_26_21. Epub 2021 Oct 9.
A case of silicosis presenting as middle lobe syndrome is described in a middle-aged female. The diagnosis was confirmed by both bronchoscopy and demonstration of right middle lobe lumen narrowing and compression by calcified hilar lymph nodes on computerized tomographic scan. Simultaneous occurrence of endobronchial silicosis and bronchial stenosis by enlarged calcified peribronchial lymph nodes causing middle lobe syndrome has not been described previously as reported in this case.
本文描述了一例中年女性矽肺表现为中叶综合征的病例。支气管镜检查以及计算机断层扫描显示右中叶管腔狭窄并被钙化的肺门淋巴结压迫,从而确诊。如本病例所报告的,此前尚未有支气管内矽肺与钙化的支气管周围淋巴结肿大导致支气管狭窄并同时引发中叶综合征的相关描述。