Diseases

Anthracosis

A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal MINERS, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal MINERS, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

27 entry terms
  • Black Lung
  • Black Lung Disease
  • Coal Miner's Lung
  • Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker's
  • Anthracoses
  • Black Lung Diseases
  • Black Lungs
  • Coal Miner Lung
  • Coal Miner's Lungs
  • Coal Miners Lung
  • Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis
  • Coal Worker's Pneumoconioses
  • Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworker Pneumoconiosis
  • Coalworker's Pneumoconioses
  • Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis
  • Lung, Black
  • Lungs, Black
  • Miner's Lung, Coal
  • Miner's Lungs, Coal
  • Pneumoconioses, Coal Worker's
  • Pneumoconioses, Coalworker's
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coal Workers
  • Pneumoconiosis, Coalworker's

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

History Note

2009; use PNEUMOCONIOSIS 2008

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Pneumoconiosis (1963-2008)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C08w.381.483w.581w.062w
  2. C08w.381.520.702w.062w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anthracosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055008. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055008
  2. Anthracosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_lung_disease
  3. Anthracosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574329