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*[[Asbestosis]]. | *[[Asbestosis]]. | ||
*[[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis]]. | *[[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis]]. | ||
==Fibrosing pleuritis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Benign. | |||
===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]]. | |||
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. | |||
**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> | |||
=Lymphocytic lesions of the lung= | =Lymphocytic lesions of the lung= | ||