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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Silica associated systemic sclerosis: an occupational health hazard.

Dhyana S Shivakumar, Navaneeth Sadananda Kamath, Anand Naik

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dhyana S ShivakumarGeneral Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Navaneeth Sadananda KamathGeneral Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India navaneeth.kamath.12@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6805-0739
Anand NaikGeneral Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · INKasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A middle-aged male working in the sandblasting and stone-cutting industry was brought to the medicine department with skin tightness, dysphagia and discolouration of the skin for the last 1 year. On examination, he had skin thickening over the face and the extremities with restricted mouth opening. His hands were cold and showed peripheral cyanosis. Systemic examination was suggestive of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, further confirmed by the antinuclear antibody testing. Further, CT of the chest showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy with eggshell calcification and interstitial fibrosis consistent with silicosis and fibrotic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis. The patient was started on pulse monthly cyclophosphamide for six cycles, and steroids were given for 4 weeks and tapered. Tadalafil and amlodipine were given for his pulmonary artery hypertension and Raynaud's phenomenon, respectively. This case also highlights the importance of periodic screening of the workers exposed to silica dust to prevent silicosis.

Indexed as

Lung Diseases, InterstitialOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthScleroderma, SystemicSilicosisHumansMaleMiddle AgedSilicon DioxideSilicon Dioxideexposureshealthcare improvement and patient safetyrespiratory system

Identifiers

PMID36653045
PMCPMC9853126
OpenAlexW4317476747

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