Pleural pearl. An immature pleural ball?
An incidental, pearl-like body was attached to the visceral pleura of a young man who committed suicide. The lesion consisted of concentric laminations of collagen and mesothelial type cells, and was associated with a resolved pleurisy. The possible relationship of this lesion to previously reported "pleural balls" is discussed.
Hanzlick
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Office of the Medical Examiner, Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta 30303.
Zaki
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Ross
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D000328:Adult; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000473:pathology