Significats de pleural thickening en anglès

At presentation, bilateral pleural thickening existed that caused severe restriction of pulmonary function.

We describe the case of a gentleman with pleural thickening.

Both chest X-ray and computed tomography scans showed bilateral hydrothorax with no pleural thickening.

Conclusions: The CT findings of dry pleural dissemination are multiple small pleural nodules and uneven pleural thickening.

In addition, pleural fluids contained S. aureus longer and marked pleural thickening with fibrosis occurred in DMSO-treated rabbits.

The nodule diameters ranged from 2-10 mm without either pleural thickening or effusions.

Two types of pleural reaction have been described in association with asbestos exposure: pleural plaques and diffuse pleural thickening.

A chest X-ray showed left pleural effusion, and a chest CT revealed left pleural effusion and diffuse pleural thickening.

The drug must be stopped immediately upon the occurrence of pleural thickening in order to prevent impairment of pulmonary function.

A postoperative follow-up chest CT scan in March 2005 revealed pleural thickening at two sites of the left thoracic cavity.

Compared with TGF-a transgenic mice treated with control antibody, avβ6 inhibition significantly attenuated pleural thickening and altered the decline in lung mechanics.

Every case, except the one case of sequestration, was associated with pleural thickening where the vascular structures passed through the extrapleural fat.