Asbestos-related pulmonary complications include asbestosis, pleural plaques, diffuse pleural thickening, benign asbestos-related pleural effusions, and malignant pleural mesothelioma. (medscape.com)
More common diseases, such as benign asbestos-related pleural disease and metastatic adenocarcinoma , can look radiographically identical to mesothelioma. (medscape.com)
Complications include1
Pulmonary complications include atelectasis, pneumonia, respiratory failure and tracheobronchial infection. (journalmedicalthesis.com)
These are defined as pulmonary abnormalities occurring in the postoperative period which produce clinically significant identifiable diseases or dysfunction that adversely affect the patient's clinical course[1]. (journalmedicalthesis.com)
Rapid shallow breathing causes uneven ventilation of lungs and this may lead to development of micro atelectasis and if sustained for long enough it may be the starting mechanism for pulmonary inefficiency[3]. (journalmedicalthesis.com)
Infection1
acquired immune deficiency syndrome , acquired immunodeficiency syndrome an epidemic, transmissible retroviral disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, manifested in severe cases as profound depression of cell-mediated immunity, and affecting certain recognized risk groups. (topgrowupclinic.eu)
Patients1
It was also found up to three weeks after the onset of disease in 67% of the patients with known date of onset. (nih.gov)
Mesothelioma1
The radiographic findings of mesothelioma are nonspecific and are observed in other diseases, including metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, and benign asbestos disease. (medscape.com)