Imaging Patterns in Occupational Lung Disease-When Should I Consider?

Yasmeen K Tandon; Lara Walkoff

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2022.06.011

Imaging Patterns in Occupational Lung Disease-When Should I Consider?

Radiol Clin North Am. 2022 Nov;60(6):979-992. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2022.06.011. Epub 2022 Sep 3.

Authors

Yasmeen K Tandon¹, Lara Walkoff²

Affiliations

¹ Mayo Clinic Department of Radiology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
² Mayo Clinic Department of Radiology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Walkoff.Lara@mayo.edu.

PMID: 36202483
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2022.06.011

Abstract

Occupational lung diseases (OLDs) encompass a broad group of entities related to the inhalation of a variety of agents in the workplace. OLDs may affect the lung parenchyma, pleura, and/or airways. OLDs can pose a diagnostic challenge for radiologists due to a lack of exposure history and overlap in imaging findings with nonoccupational-related entities. For this reason, it is important for the radiologist to be familiar with the high-resolution computed tomography patterns associated with OLDs and consider OLDs when formulating a differential.

Keywords: Inhalational lung disease; Occupational lung disease; Pneumoconiosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Occupational Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Occupational Exposure*
Pneumoconiosis* / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods