Case Report: Flavoring-Related Lung Disease in a Coffee Roasting and Packaging Facility Worker With Unique Lung Histopathology Compared With Previously Described Cases of Obliterative Bronchiolitis

• Main Authors: R. Reid Harvey (Author), Brie H. Blackley (Author), Eric J. Korbach (Author), Ajay X. Rawal (Author), Victor L. Roggli (Author), Rachel L. Bailey (Author), Jean M. Cox-Ganser (Author), Kristin J. Cummings (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Occupational exposure to diacetyl, a butter flavor chemical, can result in obliterative bronchiolitis. Obliterative bronchiolitis is characterized by exertional dyspnea, fixed airflow obstruction, and histopathologic constrictive bronchiolitis, with bronchiolar wall fibrosis leading to luminal narro...