Author/Authors :
Cheraghvandi، Ali نويسنده , , Tafti، Saeid Fallah نويسنده 2. Professor Medicine, Nursing and Respiratory Health Management Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) , , Talischi، Firouzeh نويسنده Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. , , Seyedmehdi، Seyed Mohammad نويسنده Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center (CRDRC), Air Pollution, Health and Occupational Diseases Research Unit, National Research Institute of Tu , , Ghazanchaei، Elham نويسنده 5. MS in Nursing, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) , , Jebelli، Beheshteh نويسنده 6. MS in Nursing, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) , , Pourabdollah، Mihan نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Silicosis is considered to be among the occupational lung diseases and associated with sandblasting, mining, quarrying and tunneling. Acute silicosis is usually progressive diseaseand despite treatment with corticosteroids it leads to cardio-respiratory failure and death. Alveolar silicoproteinosis is one of it’s acute presentations due to exposure to silica dust and lungs filling with proteinaceous material. Here, we have presented a 29 year old male sandblaster with the three conditions of acute silicosis, secondary alveolar proteinosis and pulmonary tu-berculosis on four anti tuberculous medications who presented with respiratory distress
