Pleural Plaques: - Answer-Pleural Disease
thickened pleural patches along lateral chest walls, diaphragm and/or mediastinal pleura
- Often calcified (appear as hard white areas on CXR) - Answer-Pleural Plaques (seen in Pleural Disease)
Diffuse Pleural Thickening - Answer-Pleural Disease
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Asbestosis Exam Questions and
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Pleural Plaques: - Answer-Pleural Disease
thickened pleural patches along lateral chest walls, diaphragm and/or mediastinal
pleura
- Often calcified (appear as hard white areas on CXR) - Answer-Pleural Plaques (seen
in Pleural Disease)
4 types of cancer seen in asbestos exposure - Answer-Bronchogenic (lung) cancer
Malignant Mesothelima
Others:
Laryngeal
GI or bladder cancer (if swallowed)
malignant tumor of the pleural mesothelial cells
Note: Distinguished from benign by behavior (not cell type) - Answer-Malignant
Mesothelioma:
worse than lung cancer - Answer-Malignant Mesothelioma
Not responsive to radiation or chemotherapy - Answer-Malignant Mesothelioma
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