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'''Fibrosing pleuritis''' is an uncommon benign condition that mimics [[malignant mesothelioma]]. | '''Fibrosing pleuritis''', also '''fibrous pleurisy''', is an uncommon benign condition that mimics [[malignant mesothelioma]]. | ||
It | It may be referred to as ''cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis'', if it is bilateral. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 17:50, 2 September 2015
Fibrosing pleuritis, also fibrous pleurisy, is an uncommon benign condition that mimics malignant mesothelioma.
It may be referred to as cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis, if it is bilateral.
General
- Benign.
- No asbestos exposure.[1]
Clinical:[1]
- Pleural thickening on imaging.
- Pleural effusion.
Gross
- Pleural thickening associated with a pleural effusion.
Microscopic
Features:[2]
DDx:[3]
- Mesothelioma, desmoplastic.
- Mesothelioma should not be diagnosed on core biopsy.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buchanan, DR.; Johnston, ID.; Kerr, IH.; Hetzel, MR.; Corrin, B.; Turner-Warwick, M. (Apr 1988). "Cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis.". Br J Dis Chest 82 (2): 186-93. PMID 3166932.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 URL: http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html. Accessed on: 20 February 2012.
- ↑ Corson, JM. (Nov 2004). "Pathology of mesothelioma.". Thorac Surg Clin 14 (4): 447-60. doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2004.06.007. PMID 15559051.