Difference between revisions of "Pleural plaque"
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| Micro = hyaline (fibrosis) material +/-[[calcification]]s | |||
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| LMDDx = [[fibrosing pleuritis]], [[malignant mesothelioma]] - especially [[desmoplastic mesothelioma]] | |||
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| Gross = white pleural lesions | |||
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| Site = [[pleural]] | |||
| Assdx = [[asbestosis]], [[malignant mesothelioma]] | |||
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| Clinicalhx = exposure to asbestos | |||
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| Prevalence = uncommon | |||
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| Rads = pleural thickening | |||
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| Prognosis = benign | |||
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| ClinDDx = [[malignant mesothelioma]], metastatic [[carcinoma]] | |||
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A '''pleural plaque''' is a benign fibrous thickening of the [[pleura]]. It is 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> | A '''pleural plaque''' is a benign fibrous thickening of the [[pleura]]. It is 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> | ||