Tobacco worker lung

Disease/Syndrome
Tobacco worker lung
Category
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Acute/Chronic
Chronic
Synonyms
Tobacco worker's lung; Tobacco grower's lung;
Comments
Acute presentation: flu-like illness with cough;
Subacute: recurrent "pneumonia";
Chronic: exertional dyspnea, productive cough, and weight loss;
The exposure is to moldy tobacco dust, and the suspected antigen is the fungus Aspergillus sp. [Asthma in the Workplace, p. 399] See "Hypersensitivity pneumonitis."
Latency/Incubation
Weeks to years until "sensitized"; acute symptoms 4-12 hours after exposure;
Diagnostic
Clinical; Chest x-ray; HRCT; Pulmonary function testing; BAL; Lung biopsy;
ICD-9 Code
495.8
ICD-10 Code
J67.8

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