Published August 1984
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Journal article
Subpleural fat pads in patients exposed to asbestos: distinction from non-calcified pleural plaques
- 1. LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Description
Thirty patients with known asbestos dust exposure were studied because of uncertainty as to whether or not the pleural changes observed on the radiographs were due to plaques or subpleural fat. The CT scans confirmed that the changes were due to subpleural fat in 14 cases (48%). Characteristic subpleural fat shadows on radiographs and CT scans are described, and the importance of differentiating fat from plaques for medico-legal reasons is emphasized
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 152
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Radiology.
- Journal Page Range
- 273-277
- ISSN
- 0033-8419
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16030791
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNGS; PATIENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MEDICINE; ORGANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUES; TOMOGRAPHY