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 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)
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asbestosis:
progressiveprogressive 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
- extra
pleural-pleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
- renal cell cancer2
- laryngeal cancer 1
- gastrointestinal tumours
-<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">pleural effusions</a>: benign exudative ~20 %</li>- +<a title="Benign asbestos-induced pleural effusions" href="/articles/benign-asbestos-induced-pleural-effusions-1">benign asbestos-induced pleural effusions</a>: benign exudative ~20 %</li>
-<a href="/articles/asbestosis">asbestosis:</a> progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis</li>- +<a href="/articles/asbestosis">asbestosis</a>: progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis</li>
-<li>extra pleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/peritoneal-mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>- +<li>extra-pleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/peritoneal-mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>
-<a href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1">renal cell cancer </a><sup>2</sup>- +<a href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1">renal cell cancer</a> <sup>2</sup>
-<a title="Laryngeal SCC" href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-larynx">laryngeal cancer</a> <sup>1</sup>- +<a href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-larynx">laryngeal cancer</a> <sup>1</sup>