Calcified interlobar pleural plaques: visceral pleural involvement due to asbestos.
Visceral pleural involvement, seen as interlobar thickening and bilateral calcified plaques in the major interlobar fissures, was observed as a result of exposure to asbestos dust. This is in contrast to the parietal pleural involvement seen in most cases.
D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography