Chronic beryllium disease

Chronic 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.

Vascular dilatation

Abnormal outpouching or sac-like dilatation in the wall of an atery, vein or the heart.

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PMID (PMCID)
1792645	MIXED_SAMPLE	Adult
	Endoscopic bougie and balloon dilatation of multiple bronchial stenoses: 10 year follow up.
	Ball JB, Delaney JC, Evans CC, Donnelly RJ, Hind CR. Thorax. 1991;46(12):933-5.
	This paper reports 10 year follow up data on four patients who underwent mechanical dilatation of multiple bronchial stenoses (sarcoidosis two cases, berylliosis one case, idiopathic stenoses one case).