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Clinical Radiology

Volume 14, Issue 4, January–October 1963, Pages 414-417
Clinical Radiology

Pleural calcification as a sign of asbestosis: A report of three cases

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Summary

The previously reported radiological features of asbestosis are reviewed.

Attention is drawn to the value of calcified pleural plaques as an additional sign of long-standing asbestosis and two theories regarding the origin of these plaques are mentioned.

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