title: [Pleural fibrosis from asbestos].
abstract: A case of pleural plaques due to asbestos exposure in a 55-year-old man after 30 years of "sporadic" activity in a chemical plant brings out the following: 1. the need for careful investigation of the patient's occupational history, both past and present; 2. the latency of the disease and the long-term action of micropollution; 3. the wide distribution of asbestos industry ("urban hazard"); 4. if the use of asbestos is to continue, the urgency of more effective regulations to facilitate primary prevention; 5. the usefulness of special radiology for diagnosis (45 degrees X-ray, ultrasonography, tomodensitometry). Radiophoto screening is inadequate.
mesh_terms: D001195:Asbestosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Fibrose pleurale de l'amiante.