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 ==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.
+==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.
 ==See also==
-*[[Asbestosis]].
+*[[Asbestosis]] - has fibrosis of the lung.
 *[[Malignant mesothelioma]].
+*[[Feruginous bodies]].
 ==References==