SPIGNO , Fabio

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In our country the rate of asbestos - related neoplasia, in particular pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer, is increasing; the data provided by INAIL concerning the complaints for occupational diseases filed in 2006 ex table D.P.R. 336/1994 (neoplastic diseases caused by asbestos: pleural, pericardial and peritoneal mesothelioma; lung cancer)...

The diagnosis of decompression sickness may be difficult, particularly when patients present with atypical clinical manifestations after dives going on uneventfully and with full adherence to safety parameters. The case reports involve two divers who presented with transient global amnesia (TGA) immediately after surfacing from otherwise...

ABSTRACT. The Authors, after a survey of the latest experimental and epidemiological studies concerning the possible role of crystalline silica in lung carcinogenicity, examine the cases acknowledged by the INAIL in Genoa concerning subjects suffering from silicosis who, thereafter, developed a lung cancer in the period 1979 - 2004....

We report on a patient with delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy who presented with severe cognitive impairment associated with MRI findings of extensive demyelination of the cerebral white matter after a silent period of three weeks from acute intoxication. Despite the severe signs of structural and functional cerebral impairment in the...