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Revision as of 05:25, 21 August 2013 by Seung Park (talk | contribs) (This is another high-power photomicrograph of an area of tissue with diffuse fibrosis and thickening of the alveolar septa. There are also accumulations of anthracotic pigment in this area (arrows).)
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This is another high-power photomicrograph of an area of tissue with diffuse fibrosis and thickening of the alveolar septa. There are also accumulations of anthracotic pigment in this area (arrows).

Anthracotic pigment is coal dust deposited in the lungs--it is seen in coal miners, city-dwellers, and smokers.

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