Open AccessEvaluation of the oblique fissure on lateral chest radiographs in coal workers pneumoconiosis
Author(s) -
Dündar Kaçar,
Aclan Doğan,
Çağatay Barut
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2013_077
Subject(s) - pneumoconiosis , fissure , radiography , medicine , oblique case , lobe , orthodontics , anatomy , dentistry , surgery , geology , pathology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy
The oblique fissure separates the upper lobe from the lower lobe in the left lung and the upper lobe from the lower and middle lobes in the right lung. The aim of the present study was to compare the projection of the oblique fissure observed on lateral chest radiographs of retired coal mine workers who had coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) with that of healthy men.