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Coal worker's pneumoconiosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Black lung disease; Pneumoconiosis; Anthrosilicosis

Symptoms:

Shortness of breath
Chronic cough

Signs and tests:

The doctor will perform a physical exam and listen to your lungs with a stethoscope. A chest x-ray will be taken.

Lungs

Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray

Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II

Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2

Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated

Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2

Respiratory system

Reviewed last on: 3/16/2007
David A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

References

Mason RJ, Murray J, VC Broaddus, Nadel J. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2005:1758-1763.

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:694-697.

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