the association between indoor smoke exposure due to traditional baking (baking homemade bread) and anthracosis has rarely been investigated. the aim of the present study is to quantify such association among the iranian population. a hospital based case-control study was carried out on 83 anthracotic cases and 155 controls (83 individuals with non-anthracotic pulmonary disorders from the pulmo...

Anthracosis is black pigment discoloration of bronchi which can cause bronchial destruction and deformity (anthracofibrosis). A prospective, case-control study was performed to evaluate potential underlying causes of anthracosis on 190 subjects who referred for various indications.  Age of patients ranged from 10-85 yrs. 46% of male patients were farmers and 27% were manual workers, whereas 91%...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to understand the role of myeloid cell clusters in uninvolved regional lymph nodes from early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. METHODS Uninvolved regional lymph node sections from 67 patients with stage I-III resected non-small cell lung cancer were immunostained to detect myeloid clusters, STAT3 activity and occult metastasis. Anthracosis intensity, myel...

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the demographic features, clinical findings, radiological and bronchoscopical findings of patients with bronchial anthracosis. Methods: Among 1541 patients who underwent broncoscopy in our bronchoscopy unit between 2006-2008, 104 patients with anthrocosis were included in this prospective study. The patient’s geographical location, occupation, ty...

BACKGROUND Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is a serious form of pulmonary tuberculosis. In EBTB, mycobacterium tuberculosis involves trachea, large airways and bronchial trees Combustion of biomass fuels causes anthracotic bronchitis that is characterized by black pigmentation in bronchial tissue. The majority of anthracotic bronchitis are in aged patients, particularly rural women, that use ...

Anthracosis is the blackish pigmentation of lung parenchyma and tracheobronchial tree. A female Lion Tailed Macaque aged 19 years was being kept captive in Thiruvananthapuram Zoo for 17 years. On 30th November 2019, animal found dead zoo subjected to a necropsy at hospital. The revealed diffused black deposits throughout lungs on gross examination. histopathological analysis, could be as free p...

BACKGROUND/AIM Enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes can result from serious etiologies including granulomatous disease, neoplasia, etc., and a rare condition called anthracosis . The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of risk factors and the uptake values within the anthracotic lymph nodes. MATERIALS AND METHODS 106 patients who underwent endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial need...

Age, adiposity, and smoking are risk factors for the development of renal cell carcinoma. Hypermethylation of the RAS association domain family 1A gene (RASSF1A) promoter belongs to the most frequently detected epigenetic alterations in human cancers including renal cell carcinoma. RASSF1A is functionally involved in cell cycle control in normal cells and depletion promotes a number of cellular...