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Chronic beryllium disease
rareChronic beryllium disease (CBD) is a granulomatous, interstitial lung disease that occurs in individuals who develop beryllium sensitization (BeS), a cell-mediated immune response to environmental and occupational beryllium exposure. BeS precedes the lung disease that may present with chronic dry cough, fatigue, weight loss, chest pain, and increasing dyspnea.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0015274 Orphanet:133
- Part of
- Pneumoconiosis
- Also known as
- acute berylliosis · Berylliosis · beryllium disease · Beryllliosis · chronic berylliosis
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