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Mollusk Shell Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Ramon Orriols, PhD;
- Josep-Maria Manresa, MD;
- Joan-Lluis Aliaga, MD;
- Rosa Codina, MB;
- Maria-José Rodrigo, PhD; and
- Ferran Morell, PhD
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The shells of certain mollusks, as well as oyster shells, sea-snail shells, and others, provide the raw material used to manufacture nacre products. Weiss and Baur (1) suggested in 1987 a previously undescribed form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a single person who was exposed to the dust of pearl-oyster shells during the manufacture of various ornaments. We describe the first two patients suffering from hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by the inhalation of dust produced during the manufacture of nacre buttons from sea-snail shells.
Patients and Methods Two nonsmoking women were employed to saw and cut sea-snail shells into disks that were
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Teresa Español, José Lirola, Marta Torrabadella, and Teresa Vallespí for technical help.
Article and Author Information
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From the Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; and the Hospital Nostra Senyora de la Cinta, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. For current author addresses, see end of text.
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Requests for Reprints: Ramon Orriols, PhD, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, s/n, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
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Current Author Addresses: Drs. Orriols, Aliaga, and Morell: Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, s/n, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Drs. Codina and Rodrigo: Unitat Immunologia, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, s/n, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Manresa: Servei de Medicina Interna, Hospital Nostra Senyora de la Cinta, Tortosa (Tarragona), Spain.
