Faces of Asbestos

76-year-old Former Pipe Fitter with Calcified Pleural Plaques

Chest X-ray Asbestos Related Disease
76-year-old former pipe fitter, presents with a cough.
CXR in the frontal and lateral projections show evidence of asbestos related disease characterized by pleural thickening and calcified pleural plaques.
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net 42016c01
Chest X-ray Asbestos Related Disease
76-year-old former pipe fitter, presents with a cough.
CXR in the frontal and lateral projections show evidence of asbestos related disease characterized by pleural thickening and calcified pleural plaques (ringed in white).
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net 42016c01L

83F with Scleroderma and Asbestos related Pleural Plaques

CXR Pleural Plaques and Diffuse Coarsened Interstitial Markings
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
Frontal CXR shows diffuse coarsening of the interstitium and calcified pleural plaques
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-00 305Lu
CXR Pleural Plaques and Diffuse Coarsened Interstitial Markings
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
Frontal CXR shows diffuse coarsening of the interstitium (black rings) and calcified pleural plaques(black arrowheads)
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-00L 305Lu
CT Scleroderma Aspiration Pleural Plaques 82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration. Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01 CT Scleroderma Aspiration Pleural Plaques 82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration. Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01
CT Scleroderma Aspiration Pleural Plaques
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration. Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01 305Lu
CT Scleroderma Aspiration Pleural Plaques
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, (yellow arrowheads a) inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes (yellow arrowheads b,d) and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration with solid opacities in the superior segments (teal blue arrowheads c and e) and manifesting as a GGO in f (teal blue arrowhead). Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure (black arrowheads b,c,d and f)
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01L 305Lu