pleural plaquesasbestosisCOPDairway obstructionspirometrypulmonary fibrosisplethysmographyA 69-year-old man, a former smoker, presented with concerns of breathlessness during mild efforts and a cough with little sputum that persisted for several months. He had no fever, chest pain, or nighttime ...
Thirty patients with known asbestos dust exposure were studied because of uncertainty as to whether or not the pleural changes observed on the radiographs were due to plaques or subpleural fat. The CT scans confirmed that the changes were due to subpleural fat in 14 cases (48%). Characteristic...
pleural plaquesFour cases with marked calcified plaque formation on the mediastinal pleural reflections are described and discussed.doi:10.1002/ajim.4700060108Albert SolomonG K Sluis-CremerRaymond Glyn ThomasV. M. F. WrightJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd....
The largest series that examined pleural disease did so in the setting of AL amyloidosis. In this series 5% of the patients were found to have pleural effusions. Microscopic examination showed amyloid deposition in the pleura, but no calcified pleural plaques were reported.CONCLUSIONS: This case ...