asbestosis

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • construction, automotive servicing, ship-building & mining industries are most commonly affected[3]

Pathology

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Radiology

Complications

Differential diagnosis

(diaphragmatic calcification)

Management

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Contribution from Peter Baylor, VA Medical Center, UCSF Fresno
  2. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 757-58
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018.
  4. Paris C, Thierry S, Brochard P et al Pleural plaques and asbestosis: dose- and time-response relationships based on HRCT data. Eur Respir J. 2009 Jul;34(1):72-9 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19129281
  5. Markowitz SB, Levin SM, Miller A, Morabia A. Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking, and lung cancer. New findings from the North American insulator cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):90-6. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590275
  6. Stayner L, Welch LS, Lemen R. The worldwide pandemic of asbestos-related diseases. Annu Rev Public Health. 2013;34:205-16. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23297667
  7. Fishwick D, Barber CM. Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases: a clinical view. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Feb;14(1):68-71. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24532750 Free PMC Article
  8. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Asbestos-Related Lung Diseases https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/asbestos-related-lung-diseases

Patient information

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