Pneumoconiosis Classification and external resources
ICD-10	J60.-J65.
ICD-9	500-505
DiseasesDB	31746
MeSH	D011009

Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust.

Types

Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.

Types include:

• Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (also known as "black lung") - coal dust
• Asbestosis - asbestos dust
• Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease") - silica dust
• Bauxite fibrosis - bauxite dust
• Berylliosis - beryllium dust
• Siderosis - iron dust
• Byssinosis - cotton dust
• Silicosiderosis - mixed dust containing silica and iron
• Labrador Lung (found in miners in Labrador, Canada) - mixed dust containing iron, silica and anthophyllite, a type of asbestos

Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.¹

See also

• Chalicosis
• Philip D'Arcy Hart
• Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Other Work-related Lung Diseases

• Popcorn workers lung disease - Diacetyl emissions and airborne dust from butter flavorings used in microwave popcorn production

References

1. ^ Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders: Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737.

External links

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pneumoconioses
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