Silicosis - A Missed Opportunity to Identify an Occupational Hazard

Ravindra Nath; Neeraj Kumar Gupta; Nitesh Gupta; Pranav Ish; Jugal Kishore

Ravindra Nath Resident, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Neeraj Kumar Gupta Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Nitesh Gupta Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Pranav Ish Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Jugal Kishore Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Keywords: Notification, Occupational Disease, Silicosis, Pneumothorax

Abstract

Silicosis remains an underdiagnosed disease despite being a prevalentonedue to delayed diagnosis, ignorance among patients and doctors, and lack of seeking occupational history of patients. We report a case of a young male who presented with acute onset pneumothorax and was later diagnosed as having undiagnosed silicosis only after a CT-chest which prompted the treating physicians for the diagnosis.

How to cite this article:
Nath R, Gupta NK, Gupta N, Ish P, Kishore J. Silicosis - A Missed Opportunity to Identify an Occupational Hazard. Epidem Int. 2021;6(4):10-11.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.7048.202115

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