Presentation
Shortness of breath and fever. Infection?
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Calcified pleural plaques
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Bilateral calcified pleural plaques most pronounced in the mid zones.
Lungs clear.
Heart size normal.
Case Discussion
Pleural calcification can occur for a number of reasons including; prior empyema, hemothorax and trauma.
Multiple bilateral calcified pleural plaques are almost pathognomonic of prior asbestos exposure.
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