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Kaolinosis

MedGen UID:
78108
•Concept ID:
C0264435
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Kaolin pneumoconiosis; Simple kaolinosis
SNOMED CT: Kaolin workers pneumoconiosis (36696005); Kaolinosis (36696005); Kaolin pneumoconiosis (36696005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001005

Definition

Pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of kaolin dust. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVKaolinosis

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kaolin dust concentrations and pneumoconiosis at a kaolin mine.
Altekruse EB, Chaudhary BA, Pearson MG, Morgan WK
Thorax 1984 Jun;39(6):436-41. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.6.436. PMID: 6463912Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Pleural thickening in mild kaolinosis.
Chaudhary BA, Kanes GJ, Pool WH
South Med J 1997 Nov;90(11):1106-9. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199711000-00010. PMID: 9386052
Kaolinosis in a cotton mill worker.
Levin JL, Frank AL, Williams MG, McConnell W, Suzuki Y, Dodson RF
Am J Ind Med 1996 Feb;29(2):215-21. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<215::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-6. PMID: 8821366

Therapy

Pleural thickening in mild kaolinosis.
Chaudhary BA, Kanes GJ, Pool WH
South Med J 1997 Nov;90(11):1106-9. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199711000-00010. PMID: 9386052
Kaolinosis in a cotton mill worker.
Levin JL, Frank AL, Williams MG, McConnell W, Suzuki Y, Dodson RF
Am J Ind Med 1996 Feb;29(2):215-21. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<215::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-6. PMID: 8821366
Kaolin dust concentrations and pneumoconiosis at a kaolin mine.
Altekruse EB, Chaudhary BA, Pearson MG, Morgan WK
Thorax 1984 Jun;39(6):436-41. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.6.436. PMID: 6463912Free PMC Article
Pneumoconiosis from exposure to kaolin dust kaolinosis.
LYNCH KM, McIVER FA
Am J Pathol 1954 Nov-Dec;30(6):1117-27. PMID: 13207315Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Kaolinosis in a cotton mill worker.
Levin JL, Frank AL, Williams MG, McConnell W, Suzuki Y, Dodson RF
Am J Ind Med 1996 Feb;29(2):215-21. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<215::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-6. PMID: 8821366
Kaolin dust concentrations and pneumoconiosis at a kaolin mine.
Altekruse EB, Chaudhary BA, Pearson MG, Morgan WK
Thorax 1984 Jun;39(6):436-41. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.6.436. PMID: 6463912Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Kaolin dust concentrations and pneumoconiosis at a kaolin mine.
Altekruse EB, Chaudhary BA, Pearson MG, Morgan WK
Thorax 1984 Jun;39(6):436-41. doi: 10.1136/thx.39.6.436. PMID: 6463912Free PMC Article
PREVALENCE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS IN CORNISH KAOLIN WORKERS.
SHEERS G
Br J Ind Med 1964 Jul;21(3):218-25. doi: 10.1136/oem.21.3.218. PMID: 14180481Free PMC Article

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