Volume 115, Issue 1, Pages 190-193 (January 1999) Systemic Distribution of Talc After Intrapleural Administration in Rats Werebe Eduardo Campos , MD, Pazetti Rogério , Milanez de Campos José Ribas , MD, Ph D, Fernandez Paulo Pêgo , MD, Ph D, Capelozzi Vera Luiza , Ph D, Jatene Fábio Biscegli , MD, Ph D, Vargas Francisco S. , MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 115, Issue 1, Pages 190-193 (January 1999) DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.190 Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The pattern of talc crystals usually employed for pleurodesis (original magnification ×100). CHEST 1999 115, 190-193DOI: (10.1378/chest.115.1.190) Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Strongly birefringent platy crystalline particulates, talc in chest wall, representing a early pneumoconiosis (original magnification ×160). CHEST 1999 115, 190-193DOI: (10.1378/chest.115.1.190) Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Talc crystals in the lung (original magnification× 100). CHEST 1999 115, 190-193DOI: (10.1378/chest.115.1.190) Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Talc crystals in the brain (original magnification× 100). CHEST 1999 115, 190-193DOI: (10.1378/chest.115.1.190) Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions