Asbestos-related pleural disease
The Detergents image shows asbestos plaques on the right parietal pleura of a 58-year-old former shipyard worker who died of acute suppurative bronchitis.He also had cor pulmonale and congestive heart failure.Histologically, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis with asbestos bodies was demonstrated.The pleural plaques consist predominantly of dense coll