Asbestos body content of the larnyx in asbestos workers. A study of five cases.
Published
Journal Article
Occupational exposure to asbestos has been epidemiologically associated with carcinoma of the larynx; however, no search for or quantitation of laryngeal asbestos bodies has been performed. This report concerns an autopsy study of five patients with occupational asbestos exposure and proven asbestos-associated pulmonary disease in whom histologic sections of the larynx were examined and a digestion-concentration technique was used to isolate and quantitate the asbestos bodies in the remaining laryngeal tissues. No dysplastic epithelial changes were present in the mucosa. Asbestos bodies were recovered from two of the five larynges but from none of ten larynges obtained from autopsy controls.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Roggli, VL; Greenberg, SD; McLarty, JL; Hurst, GA; Spivey, CG; Heiger, LR
Published Date
- September 1, 1980
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 106 / 9
Start / End Page
- 533 - 535
PubMed ID
- 7406758
Pubmed Central ID
- 7406758
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0003-9977
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1001/archotol.1980.00790330013006
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States