Pulmonary anthracosis in children.

Eur Radiol

Department of Radiology, Hopital Fontpré, F-83000 Toulon, France.

Published: May 1999

We report two cases of children with malignancies and subpleural nodules found on computed tomography (CT) scan. In both cases the diagnosis was anthracosis. This pathologic condition has never been reported in children. Causes of anthracosis include a smoking environment, living in urban areas and air pollution.

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