急死例にみられた石綿肺症の一剖検例

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The author has presented a case of asbestosis of the lung autopsied at the Tokyo-to Medical Examiner Office, and this case of asbestosis was the first case among the autopsies in the present office. This case was a 49-year-old male company employee and continued asbestos work during 6 years. After that, he was hospitalized and was treated 3 years under the diagnosis of lung tuberculosis. He died suddenly after 19 years from the hospitalization. Autopsy revealed asbestosis of the lung associated with cor pulmonale, and, therefore, the cause of death was thought to be the latter disease complicated by the former.