RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM
Fig.
3.52
Fig. 3.52
Anthracosis
-
coal
miner's
lung.
M/70.
The
lung
shows
extensive deposition
of
black carbon pigment.
In the
midportion
the
lung
has
become
a
solid, black shrunken mass.
This condition
is
sometimes referred
to as
progressive massive
fibrosis.
The
patient
had
been
an
underground coal miner
for
most
of his
life.
Fig. 3.53
Mixed
pneumoconiosis.
M/77. There
is a
thick,
white pleural plaque attached
to the
posterior visceral pleura.
This
indicates exposure
to
asbestos.
The
lung shows
a
heavy
deposition
of
carbon pigment, together with some emphysema.
This
man had
worked
in an
electric power station shovelling coal
for
about
20
years.
In
that
occupation
he
would
have
been
exposed
to
asbestos lagging
of
pipes,
as
well
as to the
coal
dust.
Fig. 3.54
Silicosis.
M/69. Multiple silicotic nodules
can be
seen under
the
pleura. This
man had
worked
as a
miner
for
most
of
his
life.
Fig.
3.54
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Fig.
3.53