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Black-pigmented sputum

Black-pigmented sputum, also called “melanoptysis,” is a symptom that may be observed in certain pathologies such us coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (anthracosis). The cavitation and liquefaction of a fibrosed mass by an infectious process (tuberculosis, infections by anaerobes, etc.) or by ischemic ne...

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Autores principales: Martínez-Girón, Rafael, Mosquera-Martínez, Joaquín, Martínez-Torre, Santiago
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24648674
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.126667