title: The first described case of occupational anthracofibrosis in the USA.
abstract: Anthracofibrosis is a newly recognized disease that was first described in association with tuberculosis in 1998 in Korea. However, recent reports suggest strong association with biomass fuel smoke exposure, and exposure to mineral dusts, coal, silica, and mica. Most of the reported cases to date are in patients from Asia or in immigrants of Asian origin. There are no published reports of anthracofibrosis in the USA. We present the first case of a USA born African American male patient with anthracofibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
authors.forename: Kamen
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5660-4511
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rangelov
authors.affiliation: VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA ; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sethi