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  • Title: [Pulmonary risks caused by exposure to glass fiber dust].
    Author: Radenbach D, Morgenroth K, Staud RD, Magnussen H.
    Journal: Pneumologie; 1990 Feb; 44 Suppl 1():250-1. PubMed ID: 2367382.
    Abstract:
    We observed two patients who, after inhaling glass fibre dust for 14 and 16 years, respectively, developed a cough and dyspnoea on exertion. Our investigation of transbronchially obtained lung tissue with the aid of light microscopy, electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray micro-analysis revealed fibrosis of mild extension in immediate topographical relationship to phagocytosed fragments of glass fibre. We conclude from these findings that inhaled glass fibre dust can develop a fibrogenic effect.
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