Thoracolithiasis Mimicking a Pleural Plaque in a Patient with a History of Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report
A freely mobile calcified or noncalcified nodule in the pleural cavity, known as thoracolithiasis, is quite rare. There are several reports of CT findings of thoracolithiasis, but there is no report of thoracolithiasis mistakenly considered as a pleural plaque in a patient with a history of asbest...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Radiology
2017-10-01
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| Series: | 대한영상의학회지 |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2017.77.4.245 |
| Summary: | A freely mobile calcified or noncalcified nodule in the pleural cavity, known as thoracolithiasis, is quite rare. There are several reports of CT findings of thoracolithiasis,
but there is no report of thoracolithiasis mistakenly considered as a pleural plaque
in a patient with a history of asbestos exposure. We report a case of a 61-year-old
man with a mobile pleural stone thoracoscopically confirmed as thoracolithiasis and
which was regarded as a pleural plaque on CT scan in a patient with a history of asbestos exposure. |
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| ISSN: | 1738-2637 2288-2928 |