[Arc welder's lung]

Medicina (B Aires). 2010;70(6):527-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Pneumoconiosis of electric arc welder or siderotic pneumoconiosis was described by Doig and McLaughlin in 1936 as a lung disease caused by chronic inhalation of iron fumes in electric arc welders. We present a case report of electric arc welder siderosis associated with high levels of ferritin, without findings of iron deposit in any other organ.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ferritins / blood*
  • Humans
  • Iron / blood
  • Male
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Radiography
  • Siderosis / blood*
  • Siderosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Welding*

Substances

  • Ferritins
  • Iron