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| ==Fibrosing pleuritis== | | ==Fibrosing pleuritis== |
| *[[AKA]] ''cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis''.
| | {{Main|Fibrosing pleuritis}} |
| :''Fibrous pleurisy'' redirect here.
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| ===General===
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| *Benign.
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| *No asbestos exposure.<ref name=pmid3166932>{{Cite journal | last1 = Buchanan | first1 = DR. | last2 = Johnston | first2 = ID. | last3 = Kerr | first3 = IH. | last4 = Hetzel | first4 = MR. | last5 = Corrin | first5 = B. | last6 = Turner-Warwick | first6 = M. | title = Cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis. | journal = Br J Dis Chest | volume = 82 | issue = 2 | pages = 186-93 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 3166932 }}</ref>
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| Clinical:<ref name=pmid3166932/>
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| *Pleural thickening on imaging.
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| *Pleural effusion.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=ultrapathorg>URL: [http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html]. Accessed on: 20 February 2012.</ref>
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| *Fibrosis.
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| **Spindle cells.
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| **Moderate cellularity.
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| *No [[necrosis]].
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| *Inflammation - lymphocytes.<ref name=pmid3166932/>
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| DDx:<ref name=pmid15559051>{{Cite journal | last1 = Corson | first1 = JM. | title = Pathology of mesothelioma. | journal = Thorac Surg Clin | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 447-60 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2004.06.007 | PMID = 15559051 }}</ref>
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| *[[Mesothelioma]], desmoplastic.
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| **Mesothelioma should '''not''' be diagnosed on core biopsy.<ref name=ultrapathorg>URL: [http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html]. Accessed on: 20 February 2012.</ref>
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| =Lymphocytic lesions of the lung= | | =Lymphocytic lesions of the lung= |