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Asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage in relation to asbestos bodies and asbestos fibres in lung parenchyma

A Karjalainen, R Piipari, T Mantyla, M Monkkonen, M Nurminen, P Tukiainen, E Vanhala, S Anttila
European Respiratory Journal 1996 9: 1000-1005; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09051000
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Abstract

In Finland, unlike other countries, anthophyllite asbestos has been widely used due to its domestic production in 1918-1975. In this particular context, the aim of the present study was to analyse the relationship between asbestos bodies (ABs) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and the concentration of ABs and the different amphibole asbestos fibres in lung tissue. Sixty five BAL lung tissue sample pairs from patients with pulmonary disease were analysed. The concentration of ABs in BAL fluid and lung tissue was determined with optical microscopy, and the concentration, type and dimensions of asbestos fibres in lung tissue with scanning electron microscopy. There was a significant correlation between the concentrations of ABs in BAL fluid and in lung tissue (r = 0.72; p < 0.001), between the concentrations of ABs and amphibole asbestos fibres in lung tissue (r = 0.73; p < 0.001), and between the concentration of ABs in BAL fluid and the concentration of amphibole asbestos fibres in lung tissue (r = 0.64; p < 0.001). In patients who had been exposed mainly to commercial anthophyllite, significantly higher concentrations of ABs were observed per total pulmonary amphibole fibre burden, as compared to patients whose main exposure was to crocidolite/amosite. The anthophyllite fibres in lung tissue were longer than the crocidolite/amosite fibres. The relationship between asbestos body counts in lung tissue and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was similar to previous international observations. When using the asbestos body count to predict the underlying total pulmonary amphibole asbestos burden in Finnish patients, however, it should be borne in mind that the relationship between the two parameters seems to be different with anthophyllite as compared to crocidolite/amosite fibres.

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A Karjalainen, R Piipari, T Mantyla, M Monkkonen, M Nurminen, P Tukiainen, E Vanhala, S Anttila
European Respiratory Journal May 1996, 9 (5) 1000-1005; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09051000

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A Karjalainen, R Piipari, T Mantyla, M Monkkonen, M Nurminen, P Tukiainen, E Vanhala, S Anttila
European Respiratory Journal May 1996, 9 (5) 1000-1005; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09051000
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