She was unable to work for four months, during which time she had orthopnea and moderate ankle edema. After returning to work she had no complaints for the ensuing eight years. [pubs.rsna.org]

Pleural Disorders Your pleura is a large, thin sheet of tissue that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity. Between the layers of the pleura is a very thin space. [icdlist.com]

How Are Pleurisy and Other Pleural Disorders Diagnosed? National Heart Lung and Blood Institute [On-line information]. Available online at . Accessed June 2012. Crawford Mechem, C. (Updated 2011 July 8). Emergent Management of Pleural Effusion. [labtestsonline.it]

abdomen and new material on CT and MR angiography, lung cancer screening, pulmonary embolism, coronary artery calcium screening, and interventional CT techniques including radiofrequency ablation and CT fluoroscopy. [books.google.com]

A 36-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of chest pain, dysphagia, and pleural and mediastinal calcifications. [nejm.org]

Since 1925 she has been a complete invalid due to a spastic paralysis of both legs, accompanied by weakness of the abdominal muscles and complete anesthesia up to the umbilicus. She began to lose sphincter control early in 1926. [pubs.rsna.org]

Pulmonary calcifications associated with chronic renal failure are rare conditions. However, a few such cases have been reported in the literature, and they were regarded as a sign of secondary hyperparathyroidism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Abstract Pulmonary calcifications associated with chronic renal failure are rare conditions. However, a few such cases have been reported in the literature, and they were regarded as a sign of secondary hyperparathyroidism. [birpublications.org]

Pulmonary calcifications: a review. Respir Med, 94 (2000), pp. 190-193 [5] K. Brown, D.F. Mund, D.R. Aberle, P. Batra, D.A. Young. Intrathoracic calcifications: radiographic features and differential diagnoses. [archbronconeumol.org]

The observation of dense calcification within a pleural mass should raise a suspicion of osteosarcomatous degeneration if it is seen in conjunction with other classic signs of malignant pleural mesothelioma. [insights.ovid.com]

Abstract Pleural thickening has a variety of causes and often must be distinguished from pleural masses, while pleural calcifications are frequently the result of chronic infections, including bacterial or tuberculous empyema. [radiologykey.com]

However, in one patient exhibiting sarcomatoid mesothelioma, stippled calcification was seen throughout the substance of a pleural mass. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CT scanning is useful to help exclude an underlying cause or associated pleural mass. [27] Rounded atelectasis As on chest radiographs, round atelectasis appears as a well-defined, rounded or wedge-shaped mass forming an acute angle with the adjacent [emedicine.medscape.com]

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When plaque development was extensive, a small restrictive pulmonary function defect was noted. Because of its prevalence in the Metsovo area we call this clinical pattern Metsovo lung. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]