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'''Pleural plaques''' are strongly associated with asbestos exposure.<ref name=pmid22617814>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Myers | first1 = R. | title = Asbestos-related pleural disease. | journal = Curr Opin Pulm Med | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 377-81 | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328354acfe | PMID = 22617814 }}</ref>
#redirect [[Pleural plaque]]
 
==General==
*May be due to other causes.<ref name=pmid17867573>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Clarke | first1 = CC. | last2 = Mowat | first2 = FS. | last3 = Kelsh | first3 = MA. | last4 = Roberts | first4 = MA. | title = Pleural plaques: a review of diagnostic issues and possible nonasbestos factors. | journal = Arch Environ Occup Health | volume = 61 | issue = 4 | pages = 183-92 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.3200/AEOH.61.4.183-192 | PMID = 17867573 }}</ref>
 
Other asbestos-related pleural disease:<ref name=pmid22617814/>
*Diffuse pleural thickening.
*Benign asbestos-related pleural effusions (BAPEs).
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].
 
==Gross==
*Thickened (or calcified) plaques.<ref name=pmid17867573/>
*White.
 
DDx:
*[[Metastatic]] carcinoma.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Asbestosis_-_Fibrous_pleural_plaque_(7468458430).jpg | Fibrous pleural plaque. (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG083.html Pleural plaque (utah.edu)].
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid5556121/>
*Hyaline material +/- [[calcification]].
 
Notes:
*Usually associated with asbestosis fibres in the [[lung]] (85% of cases).<ref name=pmid5556121>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Roberts | first1 = GH. | title = The pathology of parietal pleural plaques. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 348-53 | month = May | year = 1971 | doi =  | PMID = 5556121 }}</ref>
**Plaque burden seems to be associated with the number asbestos bodies found; many plaques... suggest many asbestosis bodies.
 
===Images===
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNG102.html Pleural plaque (utah.edu)].
 
==See also==
*[[Asbestosis]] - lung has fibrosis.
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].
*[[Ferruginous bodies]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]

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