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Pneumoconiosis caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust. Also called anthracosis.
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A chronic disease of the lungs caused by inhaling coal dust over long periods. Common among coal miners, black lung is an examle of an occupational disease.
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A form of pneumoconiosis common in coal miners, characterized by the deposit of carbon particles in the lungs.
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| Pneumoconiosis | |
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Micrograph of asbestosis (with ferruginous bodies), a type of pneumoconiosis. H&E stain. |
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| ICD-10 | J60-J65 |
| ICD-9 | 500-505 |
| DiseasesDB | 31746 |
| MeSH | D011009 |
Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust, often in mines
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Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names:
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Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan's syndrome.[1]
A Cochrane and M Blythe (1989) "One Man's Medicine, an autobiography of Professor Archie Cochrane". London, BMJ Books. (Paperback edition, 2009, by Cardiff University Publications (available from the Cochrane Library, Cardiff).
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