PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D Sherson
AU  - N Maltbaek
AU  - K Heydorn
TI  - A dental technician with pulmonary fibrosis: a case of chromium-cobalt alloy pneumoconiosis?
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.03101227
DP  - 1990 Nov 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1227--1229
VI  - 3
IP  - 10
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/10/1227.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/10/1227.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1990 Nov 01; 3
AB  - A 45 yr old male developed pulmonary fibrosis after 29 yrs of employment as a dental technician. He subsequently developed adenocarcinoma of the lung. Diffuse interstitial fibrosis was seen using light microscopy. Neutron activation analysis of non-neoplastic lung tissue demonstrated high levels of chromium and cobalt suggesting the possibility of a chromium-cobalt alloy pneumoconiosis.