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Bronchial anthracofibrosis (inflammatory bronchial stenosis with anthracotic pigmentation): CT findings
1Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine MRC, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Korea.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|February 5, 2000
Abstract
Objective:
The aim of this study was to describe CT findings of patients with bronchial anthracofibrosis.
Conclusion:
Atelectasis caused by smooth bronchial narrowing, surrounded by calcified or noncalcified lymph nodes, in elderly and nonsmoking women is a typical finding of anthracofibrosis. Calcified lymph nodes adjacent to the involved bronchi and multifocal involvement of bronchial narrowing may be helpful in differentiating this condition from lung cancer.