Silicosis

Key points

• Silicosis Silicosis is a fibrosing lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine particles of crystalline silicon dioxide (silica). It is a risk factor for developing TB (silica is toxic to macrophages).
• potteries Features
• fibrosing lung disease
• 'egg-shell' calcification of the hilar lymph nodes *X2i 1270' © Image used on license from Radiopaedia Chest x-ray from a patient with silicosis.