Silicosis - A Missed Opportunity to Identify an Occupational Hazard

Abstract

Silicosis remains an underdiagnosed disease despite being a prevalentonedue to delayed diagnosis, ignorance among patients and doctors, and lack of seeking occupational history of patients. We report a case of a young male who presented with acute onset pneumothorax and was later diagnosed as having undiagnosed silicosis only after a CT-chest which prompted the treating physicians for the diagnosis.