Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2008
Autopsy of a man who had been working as a miner for many years and died from cardiopulmonary decompensation revealed that his lungs were airless, sclerosed, their apexex had emphysematous changes, the lung surface was greyish-black, the incised lung tissue was coal-black. What disease caused death?
Answer options
- Asbestosis
- Anthracosis
- Aluminosis
- Talcosis
- Silicosis
Correct answer
Anthracosis
Explanation
Anthracosis is defined as the asymptomatic, milder type of pneumoconiosis caused by the accumulation of carbon in the lungs due to repeated exposure to air pollution or inhalation of smoke or coal dust particles.
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