Items tagged “pleura”
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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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Asbestosis
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27 Feb 2010
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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.
bronchogenic adenocarcinoma
breast cancer
ovarian cancer
prostate...
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Single pleural based mass (differential)
The differential for a single pleural mass is essentially the same as that for multiple pleural masses with the addition of a few entities.
tumors
pleural tumors
solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (pleural fibroma)
mesothelioma
localized mediastinal malignant mesothelioma...
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Loculated pneumothorax
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12 May 2010
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Bilateral pneumothoraces
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13 Nov 2010
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Holly leaf sign
The holly leaf sign refers to the appearance of pleural plaques on chest radiographs. Their irregular thickened nodular edges are likened to the appearance of a holly leaf.
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Pneumothorax on shoulder x-ray
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24 Apr 2011
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Mesothelioma
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09 Jul 2011
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Tension pneumothorax in a ventilated patient
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11 Jul 2011
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Bilateral pleural effusions with ascites
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06 Mar 2012
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Pleural calcification
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14 Dec 2012
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Pleural metastases from melanoma
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14 Feb 2013
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Lung fissures
Lung fissures are double-folds of visceral pleura that either completely or incompletely invaginate lung parenchyma to form the lung lobes.
Each lung has an oblique fissure separating the upper lobes from the lower lobes and the right lung has a horizontal fissure that separates the right uppe...
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Thoracic empyema
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16 Aug 2013
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Subpulmonic pleural effusion
Published
25 Sep 2013
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Thoracic empyema
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22 Oct 2013
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Parietal pleural lipoma
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24 Jan 2014
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Loculated pleural effusion causing pseudomass
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10 Jun 2015
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Pleural thickening: illustrations
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12 May 2017
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