Occupational Asthma Due to Inhalation of Aerosolized Lipophilic Coating Materials

Karthik Suresh; Deborah Belchis; Fred Askin; David B Pearse; Peter B Terry

doi:10.1007/s00408-016-9919-7

Occupational Asthma Due to Inhalation of Aerosolized Lipophilic Coating Materials

Lung. 2016 Oct;194(5):787-9. doi: 10.1007/s00408-016-9919-7. Epub 2016 Jul 8.

Authors

Karthik Suresh¹, Deborah Belchis², Fred Askin², David B Pearse³, Peter B Terry³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., Suite 500, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. ksuresh2@jhmi.edu.
² Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology, Baltimore, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., Suite 500, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.

Abstract

We present a case of onset of severe asthma in a 59-year-old patient who worked in an aerospace plant. He was noted to have wheezing on exam and obstruction on PFTs. Review of his occupational history revealed exposure to lipophilic industrial compounds. We outline the radiographic and histologic findings that were found in the patient, and discuss occupational asthma due to inhalation of lipophilic compounds.

Keywords: Asthma; Occupational asthma; Workplace inhalation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Asthma, Occupational / chemically induced*
Asthma, Occupational / diagnostic imaging
Asthma, Occupational / pathology
Aviation*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Grants and funding

F32 HL124930/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States