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91asbestosis — Fibrosis of the lung as a result of the chronic inhalation of asbestos fibres. The needle like asbestos fibres are phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages but burst the phagosome (phagocytic vesicle) and kill the macrophage and the cycle is repeated …
92asbestosis — Pneumoconiosis due to inhalation of asbestos fibers suspended in the ambient air; sometimes complicated by pleural mesothelioma or bronchogenic carcinoma; ferruginous bodies are the histologic hallmark of exposure to …
93Niemann-Pick disease, type C — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E75.2 (ILDS E75.230) ICD 9 272.7 …
