Asbestos-related diseases
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Asbestos-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 processes 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 the lower and lateral aspect
- may be calcified, non-calcified or mixed
- tend to spare the apices and costophrenic angles
- diffuse pleural thickening: ~15 % (asbestos related diffuse pleural thickening)
- 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
- extrapleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
- renal cell cancer 2
- laryngeal cancer 1
- gastrointestinal tumours
-<a href="/articles/diffuse-pleural-thickening">diffuse pleural thickening</a>: ~15 %</li>- +<a href="/articles/diffuse-pleural-thickening">diffuse pleural thickening</a>: ~15 % (<a title="asbestos related diffuse pleural thickening" href="/articles/asbestos-related-diffuse-pleural-thickening">asbestos related diffuse pleural thickening</a>)</li>
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