Talcosis of Unusually Rapid Development

Abstract

A diagnosis of talcosis, so far as we know, has not until now been made in Greece although this disease was first described by Thorel in 1896. This fact may have been due to the small number of talc workers in Greece, but since Thorel's description of talcosis as a definite clinical entity, pneumoconiosis due to talc has been the subject of investigations by many workers.* In most of the reports the writers were able to show the clinical, pathological, and radiological results of pneumoconiosis due to talc.