hard metal disease

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hard metal disease,

pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of fine particles of cobalt, usually in conjunction with tungsten carbide. In early stages reversible hyperplasia and metaplasia of the bronchial epithelium are seen. Later, subacute alveolitis and then chronic interstitial fibrosis develop. Also called cobalt lung.

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