Prolonged Inhalation Exposure to Coal Dust on Irradiated Rats and Consequences

Figure 5

Histological structure of rat lungs 90 days after a single irradiation at a dose of 0.2 Gy in combination with exposure to coal dust every day for 4 hours. (a) Interstitial pneumonia in the form of pronounced lymphocytic infiltration of interalveolar septa, zoom x160; (b) inflammatory lymphocytic infiltration and pronounced fibrosis of the bronchial wall; peribronchial and perivascular tissues of the lung stroma, zoom x160.

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