Vella Francesca, Filetti Veronica, Matera Serena, Spinello Salvatore, Vinnikov Denis, Muscato Giuseppe, Rapisarda Venerando, Matera Davide, Rapisarda Lucia, Vitale Ermanno
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Federazione Italiana Medici di Medicina Generale-F.I.M.M.G. (Italian Federation of General Practitioners), 00153 Rome, Italy.
J Clin Med. 2025 May 28;14(11):3781. doi: 10.3390/jcm14113781.
Pneumoconiosis is a group of lung diseases characterized by the deposition and accumulation of dust or mineral fibers in the lung interstitium, primarily caused by occupational exposure. The aim of this study was to identify cases of pneumoconiosis induced by occupational exposure in patients living on the island of Sicily (South Italy), through the retrospective analysis of pneumoconiosis cases registered by the Reference Center for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Lung Diseases and Rare Lung Diseases (RCLD) of University of Catania, during the decade 2012-2022. Furthermore, the results of a screening conducted in the same 10-year period (2012-2022) on cohorts of workers potentially exposed to RCS generated by Etna's volcanic dust are reported. From the consultation of the RCLD database, there does not appear to be any correlation between pulmonary fibrosis and exposure to dust of basaltic origin. These data seem to be confirmed by the data of the health monitoring conducted over 10 years on 200 workers involved in different processes of working with lava stone.
尘肺病是一组肺部疾病，其特征是肺间质中存在粉尘或矿物纤维的沉积和积聚，主要由职业暴露引起。本研究的目的是通过回顾性分析卡塔尼亚大学间质性肺病和罕见肺病预防、诊断与治疗参考中心（RCLD）在2012年至2022年这十年间登记的尘肺病病例，来确定居住在西西里岛（意大利南部）的患者中因职业暴露引起的尘肺病病例。此外，还报告了在同一10年期间（2012 - 2022年）对可能接触埃特纳火山尘产生的RCS的工人群体进行筛查的结果。从RCLD数据库的查阅情况来看，肺纤维化与接触玄武岩源粉尘之间似乎没有任何关联。对200名从事与火山石不同加工过程的工人进行的为期10年的健康监测数据似乎证实了这些数据。
