Theegarten D, Philippou S, Freitag L
Department of Pathology, Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.
Respiration. 1995;62(1):49-52. doi: 10.1159/000196389.
We report on a 58-year-old man who had worked as a plumber and fitter for over 41 years and had been exposed to asbestos, man-made mineral fibers and welding fumes. Eighteen months before death, squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea occurred. Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis revealed intrapulmonal dust deposits in accordance with his exposure. A relationship between the tracheal carcinoma and the dust exposure causing a mixed pneumonoconiosis seems to be probable.
