Bilateral lower lobe round atelectasis due to asbestos pleural disease
Diagnosis certain
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The findings of round atelectasis are what you would expect given the name and the fact that it was originally described in association with asbestos pleural disease: 1) opacities are round, 2) next to abnormal pleura, 3) have volume loss and 4) show a comet tail appearance as described above. This combination makes malignancy unlikely, but at many institutions, they are followed for 2 years to exclude cancer.
- +<p>The findings of round atelectasis are what you would expect given the name and the fact that it was originally described in association with asbestos pleural disease: 1) opacities are round, 2) next to abnormal pleura, 3) have volume loss and 4) show a comet tail appearance as described above. This combination makes malignancy unlikely, but at many institutions, they are followed for 2 years to exclude cancer.</p>
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