See Also: asbestos lung disease(medicine)
Asbestos Pleural Disease(law)
obstructive lung disease(medicine)
occupational lung disease(medicine)
lung fluke disease(medicine)
rheumatoid lung disease(medicine)
Black lung disease(health)
interstitial lung disease(medicine)
eosinophilic lung disease(medicine)
basilar interstitial lung disease(medicine)

asbestos lung disease (medicine)


asbestos lung disease
<radiology> Pleural plaques, earliest finding, may be only evidence, parietal pleura, 15-20 yrs after exposure, calcified after ca. 30 yrs, asbestosis, interstitial lung disease, perihilar regions to lung bases, shaggy heart, no cavitation or progressive massive fibrosis as in silicosis, crocidolite (blue) form most carcinogenic, associated with: malignant pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, GI-tract malignancy