Occupational Lung Disease

Question 1

What are lung conditions associated with asbestos exposure?

Answer 1

Pleural plaques
Pleural effusions
Pleural Thickening (Can cause dyspnoea as reduces lung capacity)
Asbestosis
Mesothelioma (Cancer of the parietal pleura)
Lung Cancer

Question 2

Differential dx of asbestosis?

Answer 2

Diffiuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Indistinguishable from IPF except radiologically:

> calcified pleural plaques
asbestos fibres present
ferruginous