Welder's lung, pulmonary siderosis

CASE

CT in a patient with occupational history shows multiple almost diffuse tiny nodules of nearly ground-glass density that represent foci of incusions of alveolar macrophages filled with iron.

Tags:  Thorax  Lung
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Welder's lung, pulmonary siderosis

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