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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

Pulmonary sarcoid-like granulomatosis induced by aluminum dust: A case report and literature review.

Xuqin Du, Lihong Song, Ruie Feng, Qiao Ye

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuqin DuDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lihong SongDepartment of Occupational Diseases, The Affiliated Weihai Second Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Weihai, China.
Ruie FengDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CAMS), Beijing, China.
Qiao YeDepartment of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CNWeihai Municipal Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Case report: We present a case of a 48-year-old woman with 27 months of exposure to aluminum dust and silica owing to polishing processing. The patient was admitted to our hospital with intermittent cough and expectoration. Chest high-resolution computed tomography showed diffuse ill-defined centrilobular nodules and patchy ground-glass opacities in bilateral lungs. A video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery biopsy demonstrated multiple isolated and confluent granulomas in an otherwise normal parenchyma without malignancy or signs of infection. Elemental analysis was performed on the grinding wheel powder in the workplace using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometric analyzer, showing 72.7% of Al Conclusion: Occupational aluminum dust exposure may induce pulmonary sarcoid-like granulomatosis recognized by a multidisciplinary diagnostic panel.

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aluminum dustcase reportgranulomatosislung diseasesarcoidosis

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PMID36865060
PMCPMC9972090
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