Pleuraplaques
Pleural calcification can be the result of a wide range of pathology and can be mimicked by a number of conditions/artifacts.
True calcification
- calcified pleural plaques from asbestos exposure: typically with sparing of the costophrenic angles
- hemothorax
- infection involving the pleura: e.g. pyothorax/empyema
- tuberculous pleuritis
- previous surgery
- extraskeletal osteosarcoma of pleura (rare)
- radiation therapy
Mimics of calcification
High density can result from magnesium mimicking calcification:
- previous talc pleurodesis
- talcosis
See also
Siehe auch:
- Silikose
- Pleuraempyem
- Pleuramesotheliom
- Asbestose
- pleurale Tuberkulose
- Pleuraplaques bei Asbestose
- Talkosis
- Pleuritis
- localised mediastinal malignant mesothelioma
- Pleurodese
- asbestos related pleural disease
- hyperdense Pleura
- Pleuritis exsudativa
- hairy pleural plaques
- Pleuraverdickung
und weiter:
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