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Fig. 7 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 7

From: Mimics in chest disease: interstitial opacities

Fig. 7

Asbestosis. HRCT scan at the level of the lower lobes shows “reticular pattern” characterised by the presence of subpleural traction bronchiolectasis and bronchiectasis, honeycombing and thickening of the peribronchovascular interstitium and interlobular septae. The presence of calcified subpleural and diaphragmatic pleural plaques (white and black arrows) gives a definitive clue for the diagnosis of asbestosis

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