Non-neoplastic asbestos-related respiratory diseases: what relationship with other lung diseases?

Non-neoplastic asbestos-related respiratory diseases: what relationship with other lung diseases?

Non-neoplastic asbestos-related respiratory diseases in practice are represented by asbestosis and pleural plaques. Clinical features and architectural tissue abnormalities of asbestosis do not differ from those of other causes of interstitial fibrosis which allows a confident diagnosis without a history of significant exposure to asbestos. But the relationship between non-neoplastic asbestos-r...

Asbestos-related Lung Diseases: A Brief Update

Health risks from asbestos exposures have been evaluated, considering past professional histories when exposures at workplaces were higher than today. A linear no-threshold (LNT) model has been applied, although its relevance is unproven. Fibers are often found in the lungs and pleura of deceased people. Fiber findings do not prove that a disease is caused by asbestos. It is reasonable to assum...

3 - B ~ E . Asbestos - Related Respiratory Diseases

Severe case of asbestos-related lung diseases.

To cite: Tunsupon P, Yampikulsakul P. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015214189 DESCRIPTION A 90-year-old man was referred for evaluation of shortness of breath. He had a significant history of asbestos exposure, dating back to when he removed asbestos insulation from a US Navy ship 60 years earlier. He had quit smoking 30 years prior to presentat...

Asbestos-related Diseases

Asbestosis is defined as diffused interstitial fibrosis of the lung, as a consequence of exposure to asbestos fibres, often associated with pleural plaques. Diagnosis of asbestosis, according to the American Thoracic Society (2004) is based on the following criteria: 1. hystopathological or imaging demonstration of structural alterations compatible with asbestos-related disease; 2. previous asb...