Asbestos-related diseases

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Asbestos related disease, in particular affecting the lung, comprise of a a broad spectrum of entities related to the inhalational exposure toasbestos fibres. They can be divided into benign and malignant changes^1-3.

Benign pleural and parenchymal lung disease

asbestos related benign pleural disease
- pleural effusions: benign exudative ~20 %
- 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
mesothelioma: less common than bronchogenic carcinoma but has a higher prevalence of asbestos exposure.
- pleural mesothelioma
- extra pleural (e.g. peritoneal) mesothelioma
~~bronchogenic carcinoma~~
renal cell cancer²
laryngeal cancer ¹
gastrointestinal tumours

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+<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>
~~-<a href="/articles/asbestos-related-benign-pleural-disease">asbestos related benign pleural disease </a><ul>~~
+<a href="/articles/asbestos-related-benign-pleural-disease">asbestos related benign pleural disease </a><ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">bronchogenic carcinoma</a></li>
~~-<a href="/articles/mesothelioma">mesothelioma</a><ul>~~
+<a href="/articles/mesothelioma">mesothelioma</a>: less common than bronchogenic carcinoma but has a higher prevalence of asbestos exposure.<ul>
~~-<li><a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">bronchogenic carcinoma</a></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>