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Occupational Asthma Due to Inhalation of Aerosolized Lipophilic Coating Materials

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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.

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  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

    Karthik Suresh, David B. Pearse & Peter B. Terry

  2. Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology, Baltimore, USA

    Deborah Belchis & Fred Askin

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Suresh, K., Belchis, D., Askin, F. et al. Occupational Asthma Due to Inhalation of Aerosolized Lipophilic Coating Materials. Lung 194, 787–789 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-016-9919-7

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