Items tagged “asbestos”

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Asbestosis

Asbestosis is an occupational fibrotic lung disease associated with high levels of asbestos fiber inhalation. Fibrosis is lower lobe predominant and can progress. Even without progression the risk of lung cancer is increased. The presence of pleural plaques is variable 10. Epidemiology Asbest...
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Asbestos-related diseases

Asbestos-related disease, in particular affecting the lung, comprise of a broad spectrum of entities related to the inhalational exposure to asbestos fibers. They can be divided into benign and malignant processes 1-3. Benign pleural and parenchymal lung disease asbestos-related benign pleural...
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Pleural plaque

Pleural plaques are the most common manifestation of asbestos-related disease and can be identified with a very high degree of specificity with CT. Epidemiology Pleural plaques are strongly associated with inhalational exposure to asbestos. There is an extremely long latency (typically 20 to 3...
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Asbestos body

An asbestos body is a histological finding in interstitial lung disease that is suggestive of significant occupational asbestos exposure. They are usually identified following a parenchymal lung biopsy 3. Macrophage ingestion of the asbestos fibers triggers a fibrogenic response via the release...
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Hairy pleural plaque

Hairy pleural plaques are a manifestation of asbestos-related disease. They arise from the visceral pleura, typically from an interlobar fissure. The hairiness stems from short radially-oriented linear regions of fibrosis extending from the plaque into the adjacent lung parenchyma. Compared to ...

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