[Computerized tomography of pleuropulmonary pathology due to asbestos].
28 patients presenting with proven pleuro-pulmonary pathology due to asbestos underwent conventional radiography and also computed tomography (TDM). It is evident that TDM was more sensitive in detecting the presence of pleural plaques which were either hidden or invisible on standard radiographs. False parietal images were often eliminated. With a mesothelioma it can guide the biopsy approach and by visualising contra-lateral plaques that the origin is asbestos. It should enable irregular plaques to be monitored more easily.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001194:Asbestos
Tomodensitométrie de la pathologie pleuro-pulmonaire de l'amiante.