Epidemic outbreak of interstitial lung disease in aerographics textile workers--the "Ardystil syndrome": a first year follow up.

Cryptogenic organising pneumonia

“…However, a number of patients were characterised by severe progressive disease (especially those with an infiltrative pattern on imaging) with irreversible fibrosis and ensuing death. These patients had a histopathological pattern including hyaline membranes and mural incorporation of intra-alveolar fibrosis, suggesting the organising stage of diffuse alveolar damage rather than typical organising pneumonia [306,308]. Paraquat ingestion usually results in diffuse alveolar damage, but hyaline membranes were not present in a fatal case with intra-alveolar fibrosis [310].…”

“…An epidemic of organising pneumonia due to the aerosolised textile dye Acramin FWN has been reported [306][307][308][309]. However, a number of patients were characterised by severe progressive disease (especially those with an infiltrative pattern on imaging) with irreversible fibrosis and ensuing death.…”

A novel cause for bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: exposure to paint aerosols in textile workshops

“…The patients described by ROMERO et al [1] clearly differ from those mentioned above, because: the lung disease was consistently organizing pneumonia; there was associated nose bleeding; it developed after prolonged exposure to the fumes (9.1±3.5 months on average); the prognosis was variable; and a sizable fraction of patients developed chronic lung fibrosis [1,34].…”

Occupational, environmental and iatrogenic lung disease

“…One required a lung transplant and 6 others died. [351][352][353][354] Transbronchial biopsy showed organising pneumonia, which in the fatal cases had progressed to irreversible interstitial fibrosis. A similar outbreak of respiratory disease was subsequently reported in Algerian textile factories where Acromin F was applied by the same technique.…”