[Asbestos-related pleuropulmonary diseases: pictorial essay]. / Alterações pleurais e parenquimatosas relacionadas com a exposição ao asbestos: ensaio pictórico.
Rev Port Pneumol
; 11(5): 477-85, 2005.
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in Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16288346
ABSTRACT
Pleural and pulmonary asbestos-related diseases range from benign conditions, like pleural effusion and pleural plaques, to some neoplasias, such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Pleural effusion is the earliest finding after asbestos exposure, but the imaging findings are not specific. Diffuse pleural thickening involves the visceral pleura and pleural plaques are considered to be hallmarks of exposure. Asbestosis is the pulmonary fibrosis due to asbestos. Rounded atelectasis is a peripheral lung collapse in these individuals, generally related to pleural disease. Some neoplasias, like lung carcinoma and pleural mesothelioma, are more prevalent in asbestos-exposed subjects. The aim of this essay is to illustrate the main imaging findings of asbestos-related diseases.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pleural Diseases
/
Asbestos
/
Asbestosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Rev Port Pneumol
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brasil