Rounded Atelectasis Asbestos, Non Malignant Asbestos Related Diseases A Clinical View Rcp Journals

Rounded atelectasis remains stable or changes minimally over time.

Simple bible coloring pages for kids. Patients with rounded atelectasis have a history of asbestos exposure or pleural effusion due to various causes. A retrospective study was conducted in 23 subjects with previous occupational exposure to asbestos and exhibiting rounded atelectasis ra on high resolution computed tomography scan hrct scan to evaluate the retention of asbestos bodies abs using light microscopy in the bronchoalveolar lavage bal fluid or lung parenchyma in such patients. Round atelectasis also known as rounded atelectasis folded lung or blesovsky syndrome is an unusual type of lung atelectasis where there is infolding of a redundant pleura.

A retrospective study was conducted in 23 subjects with previous occupational exposure to asbestos and exhibiting rounded atelectasis ra on high resolution computed tomography scan hrct scan to evaluate the retention of asbestos bodies abs using light microscopy in the bronchoalveolar lavage bal fluid or lung parenchyma in such patients. Rounded atelectasis which appears as a mass on cxr or ct is more common after asbestos exposure than other causes of pleuritis. The way the lung collapses can at times give a false mass like appearance.

The lesion was secondary to a benign asbestos pleurisy in. Round atelectasis is frequently related to asbestos exposure since the fibers accumulated on the surface of the pleura can cause severe tissue scarring. Seven cases of ra were recently encountered in patients with asbestos induced pleural disease.

As the fibrous tissue matures it contracts causing pleura to fold into the lung which in turn causes atelectasis 28. Asbestos related round atelectasis is. Rounded atelectasis can result from any type of pleural inflammatory reaction with asbestos being the most common cause 1.

On x rays rounded atelectasis appears as a round mass which can easily be mistaken for a cancerous tumor. The pathogenesis of round atelectasis is not certain but it is thought to be due to an inflammatory reaction and fibrosis in the superficial layer of the pleura. A total of 31 ras were identified usually.

From 1970 to 1986 some 74 patients with rounded atelectasis have been seen at the lung department. Sixty four of these patients had been exposed to asbestos. Rounded atelectasis ra is an unusual form of peripheral lobar collapse which may present as a juxtapleural mass simulating a pulmonary neoplasm.

Rounded atelectasis is an atypical form of lung collapse that usually occurs adjacent to scarred pleura and can be mistaken for lung cancer. Rounded atelectasis is an atelectasis of a peripheral part of the lung due to pleural adhesions and fibrosis causing deformation of the lung and bending of some small bronchi.