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Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray

Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray

This chest X-ray shows coal worker's lungs. There are diffuse, small, light areas on both sides (1 to 3 mm) in all parts of the lungs.Diseases that may result in an X-ray like this include:simple coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) - stage I, simple silicosis, miliary tuberculosis, histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma), and otherdiffuse infiltrate pulmonary diseases.