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The chest radiograph shows nodular opacities, predominantly in the upper lobes. The HRCT lung images show diffusely distributed centrilobular nodules without any evidence of fibrosis.
The differential diagnosis of centrilobular nodules with diffuse distribution on HRCT lung scan (see p 628) are infectious bronchiolitis including tuberculosis, pneumoconiosis (coal worker’s pneumoconiosis and siderosis), vasculitis and vascular metastases, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse panbronchiolitis, and respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease (box 1
). The diagnosis in this case was siderosis in view of the clinical presentation, occupational history of prolonged exposure to iron oxide during silver polishing, and characteristic appearance of centrilobular nodules on HRCT of the lungs.
Siderosis (synonyms: welder’s lung, buffer’s lung, or silver polisher’s lung) is a non-fibrogenic
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