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Int J Health Sci (Qassim)
; 2(1): 105-8, 2008 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21475479
RESUMO
Gujjar lung is a chronic lung disease caused due to the long-term exposure to pinewood smoke inhalation in Gujjar community and the people residing at the hilly regions of the Indian sub-continent. This is characterized clinically by progressive cough and dyspnea, distinct radiological patterns and pathological features of anthracotic nodules and fibrosis. A typical case with miliary mottling on chest radiograph is presented and the relevant literature reviewed.