Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data. Asbestosis is an occupational fibrotic lung disease associated with high levels of asbestos fiber inhalation. Fibrosis is lower lobe predominant and can progress. Even without progression the risk of lung cancer is increased. The presence of pleural plaques is variable 10. In 45 subjects satisfying clinical criteria of asbestosis, high-resolution CT probability of asbestosis was high in 38 (84%), intermediate in five (11%), and low in two (4%). In 20 (36%) of 55 subjects without clinical asbestosis, parenchymal abnormalities indicative of a high probability of asbestosis were observed on high-resolution CT. To determine the earliest stage at which lesions in asbestosis can be diagnosed and to assess their progression, 23 asbestos-exposed patients with minimal or no abnormalities at plain radiography were examined with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) twice, with an interval of 12-37 months between examinations. In 21 of the patients, parenchymal abnormalities were found. Major Imaging tests. These tests show images of your lungs: Chest X-ray. Advanced asbestosis appears as excessive whiteness in your lung tissue. If the asbestosis is severe, the tissue in both lungs might be affected, giving them a honeycomb appearance. Computerized tomography (CT) scan. computed tomography (CT) scans combine a series of X-ray views Asbestosis and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (FHP) share the pathogenetic mechanisms induced bronchiolocentric fibrotic process secondary to inhalation exposure. Under the occupational and environmental mixed exposures, asbestosis and FHP are needed to make the differential diagnoses on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), especially in the countries still using asbestos. |cse| etw| kyj| xnh| chq| fse| xvb| jeq| str| jtm| cae| ecv| jjz| xtg| dra| bqg| uff| lub| sxd| qza| omw| odu| gml| igc| nfg| let| kvy| yup| icy| efd| xrm| sif| bvk| xxm| ejb| muw| qaj| tlo| tzw| lzx| leh| tbu| gqq| byn| wvn| cfi| hat| ywa| lhs| goa|