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Fur example, In rats rocai . ing asbestos fLbors by Intratracheal Injec
tion fibroslo cf characteristic typo is vloible to oarly aa one month
after injootion; for quartz dust tho latuut poriod iu two moutho or more.
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Tims, tho dovolopment of nodular fibroals duo to iuhuled ailicu lags bo*i
hind tho deposition of duet to a greater extont than^doe a tho evolution
of tho diffuse ronction to aabostos. This results in a difforouco in the
degroo of progruoaion which follows tormination of expoauro to dust. For
example, on dlacontiuuing exposure, tho nodules of silicosis beooua larger,
to a limited extent, for a considerable period cf .time, wherea3 tho fibrosiu of aubostoaio inoroaaoa for only a short time. Subsequently, the aobostotio fibrosis contractoj this proooss often distorts tho adjacent
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pulmonary tiscuo ar.d nay rosult in a - progressive interference with cardio- i*
renpiratory function.
Asbootoale Codies. Tho peculiar structure known as tho asbostoeis body or "ourioun body" is a spooific concomitant of asbastosis^,^,'^.
The typical body it a golden-yellow, beaded or hauatratod rod which may be either straight or curved (figs. 2 and 3). Often one or both ends are bulbouo like a dumb-bell. Tho bodies vary considerably in longth, and dimensions up to 260 microns havo been rooordod. ..
It is believed that asbootoals bodies are duo to a deposit of protein and iron pigment of tissue origin upon the eurfaoo of inhaled fibors
6, `^Cloyno, S.H.t 'Iho Formation of the AsbeatoBla Body in the Lung.
Tuborcle 12: 39B, 1931.
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7. Gloyno, S.R.i Tho Asbostoals Body. Lanoot. 1351, June 26, 1932.
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