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.

Synonyms: Coal Miners Lung, Pneumoconioses, Coalworker's, Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker, Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker's, Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis, Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis, Coal Miner's Lungs, Black Lung Diseases, Anthracosis, Anthracoses, Miner's Lung, Coal, Pneumoconioses, Coal Worker's, Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis, Black Lung, Pneumoconiosis, Coal Workers, Miner's Lungs, Coal, Black Lung Disease, Coal Miner's Lung, Coalworker's Pneumoconioses, Lung, Black, Coal Worker's Pneumoconioses, Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis, Lungs, Black, Pneumoconiosis, Coalworker's, Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis, Coalworker Pneumoconiosis, Coal Miner Lung, Black Lungs