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
- pleural effusions: ~20 %
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pleural plaques
- 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:
=progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
Malignant
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mesothelioma
- pleural mesothelioma
- extra pleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
- bronchogenic carcinoma
- 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" title="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>-<a href="/articles/asbestos-related-benign-pleural-disease" title="asbestos related benign pleural disease ">asbestos related benign pleural disease-</a><ul>-<li>-<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion" title="Pleural effusion">pleural effusions</a> : ~20 %<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion" title="Pleural effusion"></a>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/pleural-plaque" title="pleural plaque">pleural plaques</a> <ul>-<li>may be calcified or non calcified</li>-<li>tend to spare the apices and costophrenic angles</li>- +<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>
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- +<a href="/articles/asbestos-related-benign-pleural-disease">asbestos related benign pleural disease </a><ul>
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- +<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">pleural effusions</a>: ~20 %</li>
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- +<a href="/articles/pleural-plaque">pleural plaques</a><ul>
- +<li>may be calcified or non calcified</li>
- +<li>tend to spare the apices and costophrenic angles</li>
-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/diffuse-pleural-thickening" title="diffuse pleural thickening">diffuse pleural thickening </a>: ~15 %</li>- +</li>
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- +<a href="/articles/diffuse-pleural-thickening">diffuse pleural thickening</a>: ~15 %</li>
-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/round-atelectasis" title="round atelectasis">round atelectasis</a> (asbestos pseudotumour - <a href="/articles/round-atelectasis" title="Blesovsky syndrome">Blesovsky syndrome</a>)</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/asbestosis" title="Asbestosis">asbestosis </a>= progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis</li>- +</li>
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- +<a href="/articles/round-atelectasis">round atelectasis</a> (asbestos pseudotumour: <a href="/articles/round-atelectasis">Blesovsky syndrome</a>)</li>
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- +<a href="/articles/asbestosis">asbestosis:</a> progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis</li>
-<li>-<a href="/articles/mesothelioma" title="Mesothelioma">mesothelioma</a><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/mesothelioma" title="mesothelioma">pleural mesothelioma</a></li>-<li>extra pleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/peritoneal-mesothelioma" title="Peritoneal mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/mesothelioma">mesothelioma</a><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/mesothelioma">pleural mesothelioma</a></li>
- +<li>extra pleural (e.g. <a href="/articles/peritoneal-mesothelioma">peritoneal</a>) mesothelioma</li>
-</li>-<li><a href="/articles/bronchogenic-carcinoma" title="Bronchogenic carcinoma">bronchogenic carcinoma</a></li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1" title="Renal cell cancer">renal cell cancer </a><sup>2</sup>-</li>-<li>-<a href="/articles/laryngeal-cancer" title="laryngeal cancer">laryngeal cancer</a> <sup>1</sup>-</li>-<li>gastrointestinal tumours </li>- +</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">bronchogenic carcinoma</a></li>
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- +<a href="/articles/renal-cell-carcinoma-1">renal cell cancer </a><sup>2</sup>
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- +<a href="/articles/laryngeal-cancer">laryngeal cancer</a> <sup>1</sup>
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- +<li>gastrointestinal tumours</li>
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