Nonmalignant pleural disease related to asbestos exposure.
Asbestos and other mineral fibers are well known to cause pleural changes. These changes are of various types, the most common being pleural plaques, which are slowly growing and of little clinical importance. Other benign changes include asbestos pleurisies, rounded atelectases, and other pleuropulmonary changes.
D000328:Adult; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000209:etiology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001194:Asbestos