Fact-sheet: Asbestos-related pleural plaque

Updated on 10/03/2018 at 2:43 PM

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Definition

Asbestos-related parietal pleural fibrosis

Asymptomatic

Sharp, abrupt, quadrangular elevation of the parietal pleura

Soft-tissue density, often calcified

With an irregular surface

Measuring a few mm to several cm

Variable in number

If the plaque is thick, slight parenchymal retraction at the contact point

Typical location:

anterolateral, from the 3rd to the 5th intercostal space
posterolateral, in the costophrenic groove from the 6th to the 9th intercostal space
at the dome of the hemidiaphragms
often bilateral but asymmetric

Occupational disease.