JI Cheng, CHEN Gang, CAI Hou-rong, MENG Fan-qin, CHEN Yan-bin, GUO Ling-chuan, HUANG Jian-an , LING Chun-hua

Abstract:

Welder’s siderosis was traditionally described as “benign pneumoconiosis” because of the absence of associated symptoms, functional impairment or pulmonary fibrosis. Although several authors have reported evidence of fibrosis in the lungs of welders, siderosis with local massive fibrosis has been rarely described. In this paper, we present a case of Welder’s siderosis with local massive fibrosis mimicking lung cancer.