This chest X-ray shows coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II.
There are diffuse, small (2 to 4 mm each), light areas throughout
both lungs. In the right upper lung (seen on the left side of the
picture), there is a light area (measuring approximately 2 cm by 4
cm) with poorly defined borders, representing coalescence (merging
together) of previously distinct light areas. Diseases which may
explain these X-ray findings include simple coal workers
pneumoconiosis (CWP) - stage II, silico-tuberculosis, disseminated
tuberculosis, metastatic lung cancer, and other diffuse
infiltrative pulmonary diseases.
Review Date: 06/10/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor
of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
