Incidental and Underreported Pleural Plaques at Chest CT: Do Not Miss Them—Asbestos Exposure Still Exists

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(a–f) Follow-up CT in a 65-year-old man 4 years after lower right lobectomy for lung cancer (arrow in (a)) demonstrates asbestosis (white open arrows in (a)) and bilateral PPs (white solid arrows in (b) and (c)). These CT findings were present since 2012 as showed by the presurgical staging CT (lung cancer, arrowhead in (d) and (e); asbestosis, white open arrows in (d); PPs, white solid arrows in (e) and (f)).

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