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Neumoconiosis de los mineros del carbón - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad del pulmón negro; Pneumoconiosis; Antrosilicosis

Definición:

Es una enfermedad pulmonar que resulta de la inhalación del polvo del carbón mineral, grafito o carbón artificial durante un período prolongado.

Causas:

La neumoconiosis de los mineros del carbón se presenta en dos formas: simple y complicada (también llamada fibrosis masiva progresiva o FMP).

El riesgo de desarrollar esta enfermedad depende del tiempo que usted haya estado cerca del polvo del carbón. La mayoría de las personas con esta enfermedad tienen más de 50 años. El tabaquismo no aumenta el riesgo de desarrollar esta enfermedad, pero puede tener un efecto dañino adicional sobre los pulmones.

Si la neumoconiosis de los mineros del carbón complicada ocurre con artritis reumatoidea, se denomina síndrome de Caplan.

Los pulmones

Pulmones de un trabajador del carbón; rayos X

Neumoconiosis del minero en etapa II

Neumoconiosis del minero, Etapa II #2

Neumoconiosis complicada del minero

Neumoconiosis en trabajadores del carbón; complicada #2

Sistema respiratorio

Reviewed last on: 6/10/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Cowie RL, Murray J, Becklake MR. Pneumoconioses and other mineral dust-related diseases. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 65.

Samet JM. Occupational pulmonary disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 93.

Alta tras enfermedad pulmonar intersticial en adultos

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