Abstract
Silicosis is an occupational lung disease, which is caused by the inhalation of silica and affects a wide range of jobs. There are many clinical forms of silicosis: acute silicosis, results from exposure to very large amounts of silica dust over a period of less than 2 years. Simple chronic silicosis, the most common type that we see today, results from exposure to low amounts of silica between 2 and 10 years. Chronic silicosis complicated, with silicotic conglomerates.In many cases the diagnosis of silicosis is made according to epidemiological and radiological data, without a histological confirmation.It is important to know the various radiological manifestations of silicosis to differentiate it from other lung diseases and to recognize their complications.The objective of this work is to describe typical and atypical radiological findings of silicosis and their complications in helical and high resolution (HRCT) thorax CT.
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