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INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY: Marios E. Froudarakis, Maria Klimathianaki, and Mihalis Pougounias Systemic Inflammatory Reaction After Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage Chest 2006; 129: 356-361 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Systemic reactions to thoracoscopic talc

Heikki Savolainen   (15 February 2006)

Systemic reactions to thoracoscopic talc 15 February 2006
Heikki Savolainen, Prof. Dept. of Occup. Safety & Hlth, Tampere, Finland Send letter to journal: Re: Systemic reactions to thoracoscopic talc heikki.savolainen{at}stm.fi Heikki Savolainen	This very plausible study contains results which may be partially explained by the phagocytosis of mineral particles by macrophages and their transport in other organs of the body. It is known that inhaled mineral fibers are so ingested in lungs and can be found e.g. in urine of occupationally exposed workers (1). It seems that the phagocytosis is associated with a respiratory burst as the breath pentane and ethane content is significantly increased after exposure to mineral dust (2). 1 Savolainen H, Cosca-Sliney R, Guillemin M (1996) Occup Hyg 3: 351-7. 2 Vu Duc T, Fresard Y, Auburtin G, Porcher JM, Savolainen H Guillemin MP (1998) Arch Mal Prof 59: 327-9.