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| | eMedicine - Tobacco Worker's Lung : Article by Roger Olade, MD, MPH |
 | | Tobacco worker's lung (TWL), as with most hypersensitivity pneumonitis syndromes, has acute, subacute, and chronic presentations. |
 | | No specific tests exist for tobacco worker's lung (TWL); the diagnosis is established with a history of exposure and possibly with the support of the following tests. |
 | | Systemic glucocorticoids have been used to treat patients with TWL but without any good evidence of effectiveness, especially in patients with chronic exposure. |
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