Asbestos-related diseases
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Asbestos related-related disease, in particular affecting the lung, comprise of a broad spectrum of entities related to the inhalational exposure to asbestos fibres. They can be divided into benign and malignant changes 1-3.
Benign pleural and parenchymal lung disease
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asbestos related benign pleural disease
- benign asbestos-induced pleural effusions: benign exudative ~20 %
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pleural plaques
- almost always involve parietal pleura
- visceral pleura involvement usually in lower and lateral aspect
- may be calcified or non-calcified
- tend to spare the apices and costophrenic angles
- diffuse pleural thickening: ~15 %
- round atelectasis (asbestos pseudotumour: Blesovsky syndrome)
- asbestosis: progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
Malignant
- bronchogenic carcinoma
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mesothelioma: less common than bronchogenic carcinoma but has a higher prevalence of asbestos exposure
- pleural mesothelioma
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extra-pleuralextrapleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
- renal cell cancer 2
- laryngeal cancer 1
- gastrointestinal tumours
-<p><strong>Asbestos related disease</strong>, in particular affecting the lung, comprise of a broad spectrum of entities related to the inhalational exposure to <a href="/articles/asbestos">asbestos</a> fibres. They can be divided into benign and malignant changes <sup>1-3</sup>.</p><h5>Benign pleural and parenchymal lung disease</h5><ul>- +<p><strong>Asbestos-related disease</strong>, in particular affecting the lung, comprise of a broad spectrum of entities related to the inhalational exposure to <a href="/articles/asbestos">asbestos</a> fibres. They can be divided into benign and malignant changes <sup>1-3</sup>.</p><h5>Benign pleural and parenchymal lung disease</h5><ul>
-<li>extra-pleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/peritoneal-mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>- +<li>extrapleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/malignant-peritoneal-mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>
-<li><a title="gastrointestinal tumours" href="/articles/gastrointestinal-tumours">gastrointestinal tumours</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/gastrointestinal-tumours">gastrointestinal tumours</a></li>
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