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: 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
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mesothelioma
- pleural mesothelioma
- extra pleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
- bronchogenic carcinoma
- renal cell cancer 2
- laryngeal cancer 1
- gastrointestinal tumours
-<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">pleural effusions</a>: ~20 %</li>- +<a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">pleural effusions</a>: benign exudative ~20 %</li>
- +<li>almost always involve parietal pleura</li>
- +<li>visceral pleura involvement usually in lower and lateral aspect</li>
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- 7. Webb WR, Higgins CB. Thoracic Imaging. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2010) ISBN:1605479764. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1605479764">Read it at Google Books</a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605479764">Find it at Amazon</a><span class="ref_v3"></span>
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