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| ==Asbestosis== | | ==Asbestosis== |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Asbestosis}} |
| Definition:
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| *Interstitial lung disease due to asbestos exposure.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_375>{{Ref PCPBoD8|375}}</ref>
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| **Important to diagnose... asbestosis = compensation.
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| Conditions associated with asbestos exposure (mnemonic ''PALM''):<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_375>{{Ref PCPBoD8|375}}</ref>
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| *[[Pleural plaques]].
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| *Asbestosis.
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| *[[Lung carcinoma]].
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| *[[Malignant mesothelioma]].
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| Possible association with asbestos exposure:
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| *[[Gestational trophoblastic disease]].<ref name=pmid19900938>{{Cite journal | last1 = Reid | first1 = A. | last2 = Heyworth | first2 = J. | last3 = de Klerk | first3 = N. | last4 = Musk | first4 = AW. | title = Asbestos exposure and gestational trophoblastic disease: a hypothesis. | journal = Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 2895-8 | month = Nov | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0731 | PMID = 19900938 }}</ref>
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| Diagnosis:
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| *Rests on morphology with special techniques (e.g. polarization)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Galateau-Salle | first1 = F. | title = [Anatomopathological tools for screening and medical surveillance of people exposed to asbestos]. | journal = Rev Mal Respir | volume = 16 | issue = 6 Pt 2 | pages = 1244-56 | month = Dec | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10897845 }}</ref> and includes tunneling [[electron microscopy]] (TEM),<ref name=pmid21479897>{{Cite journal | last1 = Neumann | first1 = V. | last2 = Löseke | first2 = S. | last3 = Tannapfel | first3 = A. | title = Mesothelioma and analysis of tissue fiber content. | journal = Recent Results Cancer Res | volume = 189 | issue = | pages = 79-95 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-642-10862-4_6 | PMID = 21479897 }}</ref> as done at special centres.
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| **Tissue is typically digested prior to fibre counting.<ref name=pmid20196674>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roggli | first1 = VL. | last2 = Gibbs | first2 = AR. | last3 = Attanoos | first3 = R. | last4 = Churg | first4 = A. | last5 = Popper | first5 = H. | last6 = Cagle | first6 = P. | last7 = Corrin | first7 = B. | last8 = Franks | first8 = TJ. | last9 = Galateau-Salle | first9 = F. | title = Pathology of asbestosis- An update of the diagnostic criteria: Report of the asbestosis committee of the college of american pathologists and pulmonary pathology society. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 3 | pages = 462-80 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-134.3.462 | PMID = 20196674 }}</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=pmid20196674/>
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| #Interstitial fibrosis - similar to [[usual interstitial pneumonia]] (UIP).
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| #''Ferruginous bodies'' - '''key feature'''.
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| #*Segmented twirling baton with long slender fibre within.
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Ferruginous_body.jpg | Ferruginous bodies. (WC)
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| Image:Asbestosis_high_mag.jpg | Asbestosis. (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| ==Non-specific interstitial pneumonia== | | ==Non-specific interstitial pneumonia== |