diffuse Pleuraverdickung
Diffuse pleural thickening refers to a morphological type of pleural thickening. It can occur from malignant as well as nonmalignant causes, which include:
- diffuse pleural fibrosis / fibrothorax
- asbestos related pleural disease: typically seen a continuous sheet of pleural thickening often involving the costophrenic angles and apices, without calcification
- malignant pleural mesothelioma
- primary pleural lymphoma (rare)
See also
Siehe auch:
- Pleuramesotheliom
- maligne pleurale Tumoren
- Fibrothorax
- asbestos related pleural disease
- Pleuraverdickung
- benigne diffuse Pleuraverdickung
- noduläre Pleuraverdickung
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