Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest (Medical Radiology: Diagnostic Imaging)

About this book

The spectrum of occupational and environmental diseases has changed markedly in recent years. New industrial processes have led to the production and use of a wide range of chemicals, metals, and alloys, an increasing number of which have been reported to cause interstitial lung disease in exposed workers. Thus, while the workforce in coal mining and asbestos handling has decreased, new groups of workers are at risk of exposure to agents potentially responsible for pneumoconiosis. This well-illustrated book, written by internationally acclaimed experts, provides a comprehensive approach to modern imaging of environmental and occupational diseases of the chest. The first part of the book addresses the basic knowledge required to understand imaging in this context, while the second focuses on the imaging results achieved in a variety of specific disorders. There is particular emphasis on thin-section computed tomography since this technique facilitates the detection of early subclinical abnormalities.

Written for:

Practitioners/professionals, lecturers and tutors in the fields radiology, thoracic imaging, pneumology, and occupational medicine
Keywords:
Computed Tomography
Imaging
Occupational lung diseasess
Pneumoconiosis

Contents

Part I: The Basics for Understanding Imaging

• 1 Epidemiology and Imaging of Dust Diseases
  Daniel E. Banks
• 2 Responses of the Respiratory System to Inhaled Agents (Airways, Lung, and Pleura)
  Andrew Churg, Anna Rask-Andersen, Øyvind Omland, and Benoit Nemery
  • 2.1 Pathological Reactions to Inhaled Particles and Fibers
    Andrew Churg
  • 2.2 Bio-Aerosols and Organic Dusts
    Anna Rask-Andersen and Øyvind Omland
  • 2.3 Chemical-Induced Lung Injury and Its Long-Term Sequelae
    Benoit Nemery
• 3 Diagnostic Techniques
  Zelena A. Aziz, David M. Hansell, Vinicius C. S. Antao, John E. Parker, Sherwood Burge, Pascal Dumortier, Gabriel Reboux, Nadine Magy and Jean-Charles Dalphin
  • 3.1 Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease: The Role of Imaging
    Zelena A. Aziz and David M. Hansell
  • 3.2 ILO Classifi cation
    Vinicius C. S. Antao and John E. Parker
  • 3.3 Lung Function for Radiology
    Sherwood Burge
  • 3.4 Mineralogical Analysis of Lung Samples
    Pascal Dumortier
  • 3.5 Immunological Methods
    Gabriel Reboux, Nadine Magy, and Jean-Charles Dalphin

Part II: Imaging

• 4 Lung Effects of Cigarette Smoking
  Sujal R. Desai and David M. Hansell
• 5 Silicosis
  Clara Gaik Cheng Ooi and Hiroaki Arakawa
• 6 Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis
  Johny A.Verschakelen and Pierre Alain Gevenois
• 7 Asbestosis
  Susan J. Copley
• 8 Non-Malignant Asbestos-Related Pleural Disorders
  Pierre Alain Gevenois and Paul De Vuyst
• 9 Mesothelioma
  Alexander Bankier and Tomas Franquet
• 10 Imaging of Beryllium-Related Diseases
  David A. Lynch
• 11 Hard Metal and Cobalt Disease
  Johny A. Verschakelen and Benoit Nemery
• 12 Other Uncommon Pneumoconioses
  Masanori Akira
• 13 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
  Michel W. Brauner, Pierre-Yves Brillet, and François Guillon
• Subject Index
• List of Contributors