beryllium poisoning
berylliosis
A chronic lung disease caused by inhalation of beryllium dusts, salts or fumes, regarded by some as a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, in which beryllium acts as an MHC II-restricted antigen.Berylliosis
Acute berylliosis
Causes chemical acute pneumonitis, caused by short exposures to high concentrations of beryllium due to lung toxicity.
Chronic berylliosis
Causes chronic interstitial, sarcoid-like granulomatous lung disease due to beryllium levels over periods from months to years.
beryllium poisoning
Berylliosis Toxicology Inhalation of beryllium dusts, salts or fumes.Beryllium poisoning
- Acute BP
- Causes chemical acute pneumonitis–caused by short exposures to high concentrations of beryllium, due to lung toxicity
- Chronic BP
- Causes chronic interstitial, sarcoid-like granulomatous lung disease due to beryllium levels over periods from months to years