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Yoon, Kang, Lee, Kim, Son, Jung, Kim, and Roh: A Case of Lung Cancer Caused by Long-Term Asbestos Exposure
Case Report

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2004; 16(4): 499-507.

Published online: 30 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2004.16.4.499

A Case of Lung Cancer Caused by Long-Term Asbestos Exposure

Dong Young Yoon, Jin Wook Kang, Hyun Jae Lee, Jung Il Kim, Ji Eun Son, Kap Yeol Jung, Joon Youn Kim, Mee Sook Roh

Department of Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea.

Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea.

Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea.

ydyyoon@hanmail.net

Copyright © 2004 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

To report a case of lung cancer caused by long-term asbestos exposure in a shipyard.

METHODS

We evaluated chest X-ray, pulmonary function test, and chest CT and analyzed asbestos concentration in the lung tissue and bulk sample from the workplace. We also performed a workplace survey.

RESULTS

The patient had worked at the shipyard for 31 years. The biopsy samples were processed to determine the asbestos content in the lung tissue and bulk sample using a transmission electron microscope (TEM) equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDX). The TEM-EDX analysis revealed many asbestos fibers, the majority of which were amosite. In addition, the concentration asbestos fibers in the workplace exceeded the occupational exposure limits of asbestos.

CONCLUSIONS

Our findings strongly suggest that this patient's lung cancer was related to the long-term asbestos exposure.

Keywords: Lung cancer, Asbestos, Shipyard

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