Bauxite fibrosis
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| ICD-10 | J63.1 |
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| ICD-9 | 503 |
Bauxite pneumoconiosis, also known as Shaver's disease, corundum smelter's lung, bauxite lung or bauxite smelters' disease, is a progressive form of pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to bauxite fumes which contain aluminium and silica particulates. Initially, the disease appears as alveolitis, and then progresses to emphysema. Patients may develop pneumothorax (collapsed lung).
It is typically seen in workers involved in the smelting of bauxite to produce corundum.
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome • Adenoid hypertrophy • Asthma • Atelectasis • Atrophic rhinitis • Bauxite fibrosis • Berylliosis • Bronchiectasis • Bronchiolitis • Bronchitis • Byssinosis • Coalworker's pneumoconiosis • Common cold • COPD • Croup • Emphysema • Empyema • Epiglottitis • Hamman-Rich syndrome • Hay fever • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis • Influenza • Interstitial lung disease • Laryngitis • Laryngospasm • Lung abscess • Mediastinitis • Nasal polyp • Peritonsillar abscess • Pharyngitis • Pleural effusion • Pneumoconiosis • Pneumonia (Viral, Bacterial, Bronchopneumonia) • Pneumothorax • Pulmonary edema • Respiratory failure • Rhinitis • Siderosis • Silicosis • Sinusitis • Status asthmaticus • Tonsillitis • Tracheitis • Upper respiratory tract infection • Vasomotor rhinitis • Vocal fold nodule
