Nodular pleural thickening
Nodular pleural thickening is a form of pleural thickening.
Pathology
Etiology
Most common causes of nodular pleural thickening are malignant and include:
- metastatic pleural disease, particularly from adenocarcinomas, e.g.
- mesothelioma
- lymphoma
- invasive thymoma
- rare primary pleural malignancies 3
Occasionally nodular pleural thickening may arise from benign causes such as:
- thoracic splenosis is rare
- occasionally occurs secondary to a fibrothorax