双语教学

Explain of Cellular Injury

49. Dystrophic calcification, stomach, microscopic

Here is anthracotic pigment in macrophages in a hilar lymph node.
Anthracosis is nothing more than accumulation of carbon pigment from breathing dirty air. Smokers have the most pronounced anthracosis. The anthracotic pigment looks bad, but it causes no major organ dysfunction.

（本图片资料来源自美国犹他大学）