Thursday, March 9, 2006

Clinical Case: Asbestosis in a Retired Pipe Fitter

78 yo CM complains of SOB after 3-4 flights of stairs.

He is a former smoker and a retired pipe fitter who had asbestos exposure.


CXR in early asbestosis shows plaques above the left and right hemidiaphragms and early basilar fibrosis.

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