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==Fibrosing pleuritis==
==Fibrosing pleuritis==
*[[AKA]] ''cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis''.
{{Main|Fibrosing pleuritis}}
:''Fibrous pleurisy'' redirect here.
===General===
*Benign.
*No asbestos exposure.<ref name=pmid3166932>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Buchanan | first1 = DR. | last2 = Johnston | first2 = ID. | last3 = Kerr | first3 = IH. | last4 = Hetzel | first4 = MR. | last5 = Corrin | first5 = B. | last6 = Turner-Warwick | first6 = M. | title = Cryptogenic bilateral fibrosing pleuritis. | journal = Br J Dis Chest | volume = 82 | issue = 2 | pages = 186-93 | month = Apr | year = 1988 | doi =  | PMID = 3166932 }}</ref>
 
Clinical:<ref name=pmid3166932/>
*Pleural thickening on imaging.
*Pleural effusion.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=ultrapathorg>URL: [http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html]. Accessed on: 20 February 2012.</ref>
*Fibrosis.
**Spindle cells.
**Moderate cellularity.
*No [[necrosis]].
*Inflammation - lymphocytes.<ref name=pmid3166932/>
 
DDx:<ref name=pmid15559051>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Corson | first1 = JM. | title = Pathology of mesothelioma. | journal = Thorac Surg Clin | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 447-60 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2004.06.007 | PMID = 15559051 }}</ref>
*[[Mesothelioma]], desmoplastic.
**Mesothelioma should '''not''' be diagnosed on core biopsy.<ref name=ultrapathorg>URL: [http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html http://www.ultrapath.org/oldsite/uscap/uscap05/meso1.html]. Accessed on: 20 February 2012.</ref>


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=Lymphocytic lesions of the lung=
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