Background: Anthracosis of the lung occurs due to the deposition of carbon and silica in the mucosa and submucosa, manifested as black lesions. The association of anthracosis with lung cancer has remained to be clearly elucidated The current study aimed to assess the P16, CDH1 and LUNX genes expression level to evaluate the association of anthracotic lesions in the lungs with the occurrence of ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to identify the most important new radiological presentations of anthracosis and anthracofibrosis and evaluate the risk ratio for accurate diagnosis of these conditions using computed tomography instead of bronchoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective, case-control study evaluated three groups of 70 patients with a bronchoscopic diagnosis of simple anthracos...

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...

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...

OBJECTIVE To define the clinical, radiographic, and bronchoscopic features, and to describe the occupations of the largest group of patients with anthracosis. METHODS All patients who underwent flexible bronchoscopy at 2 Iranian hospitals (Imam Hospital [Tehran], and Tohid Hospital [Sanandaj]), Iran, between April 1982 and June 2006 were considered for inclusion in the study. The demographic ...

This study was undertaken to find out gross and microscopic pulmonary lesions of dromedary camels in the central part of Iran. The grossly affected lungs from 100 camels with different ages and unknown history were collected from freshly slaughtered animals at Najafabad abattoir and examined grossly and histopathologically. The pathological changes observed were purulent bronchopneumonia (I%), ...

The laboratory results from the mummy of a 25–35-year-old adult male (“Moses”/Q.445-2012) dating from the Middle Coptic period (AD 4th to 8th century) are reported. This individual was recovered from the Coptic necropolis of Qarara in Middle Egypt during the joint excavation performed by the Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen (Germany) and the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona in March 2012. Speci...

TOPIC: Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: We present a unique case of anthracosis, common in coal workers, which caused FDG-PET/CT positive mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The majority cases are associated with malignancy, infectious processes, granulomatous disease, benign conditions [1]. exact prevalence this disease is difficul...