Asbestos-related pleural disease

Authors

  • Stephen A. Geller Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles/CA
  • Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos Department of Internal Medicine – Hospital Universitário – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%25y.58916

Keywords:

Asbestos, Asbestosis, Pleural Diseases.

Abstract

The image shows asbestos plaques on the right parietal pleura of a 58-year-old former shipyard worker who died of acute suppurative bronchitis. He also had cor pulmonale and congestive heart failure. Histologically, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis with asbestos bodies was demonstrated. The pleural plaques consist predominantly of dense collagen. This photograph was taken after removal of the lung with the camera held in the lower right thorax, at approximately the level of the diaphragm, looking up toward the apex of the chest cavity.

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Published

2013-06-25

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Image in focus

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How to Cite

Geller, S. A., & Campos, F. P. F. de. (2013). Asbestos-related pleural disease. Autopsy and Case Reports, 3(2), 59-61. https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%y.58916