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CA60.6 category

Berylliosis

Definition

Chronic beryllium disease also known as berylliosis is an occupational hypersensitivity disorder caused by beryllium exposure at the workplace. It is characterised by non-caseating, non-necrotising granulomata within affected organs, most frequently lung and skin.

Also indexed as

Berylliosisberyllium diseaselung fibrosis with berylliosis

Nearby in Pneumoconiosis