Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 546 Date 2008-04-14

  • Courtesy of Jung Im Jung, MD. / St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
  • Age/Sex 50 / M
  • Chief ComplaintIncidentally found chest abnormality
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Asbestosis (related pleural disease and round atelecatsis)
Radiologic Findings
Chest PA shows round mass like consolidations in both lower lobes.
Note ovoid pleural plaques at left lateral chest wall.
On CT, there are pleural thickenings or pleural plaques and peripherally located enhancing masses with adjacent thickened diaphragmatic pleura in both lower lobes. Vessels sweep into the consolidation, showing typical comet-tail sign.
He had an occupational history of asbestosis factory worker for 3 years.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case ,
KSTR Symposium 1998  Case 11,
References
Keywords
Lung, Pleura, Inhalation and aspiration disease, Occupational lung disease,

No. of Applicants : 77

▶ Correct Answer : 15/77,  19.5%
  • - EKH-Berlin , Germany Michael Weber
  • - Konkuk university hospital , Korea (South) Jeong Geun Yi
  • - Osaka University , Japan Osamu Honda
  • - China Medical University,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun jun Yeh
  • - Shinchon Severance Hospital , Korea (South) Ho-Joon Lee
  • - Almana.G.Hospital , Saudi Arabia Jamal Abazid
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassie
  • - Polyclinique de SAVOIE , France, Metropolitan GAY-DEPASSIER Philippe
  • - Consultant Radiologist, London , United Kingdom Shekhar Banavali
  • - Soonchunhyang university Bucheon hospital , Korea (South) Minhee Lee
  • - Hanyang university , Korea (South) Ji Young Kim
  • - Instituto Radiologico de Brasilia , Brazil Arismar Leon
  • - Homs National Hospital , Syria Rami Abou zalaf
  • - Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece , Greece Vasilios Tzilas
  • - Armed Forces Chun-Cheon Hospital , Korea (South) ChaeHun Lim
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 11/77,  14.3%
  • - Kasturba Medical College Manipal , India Paresh Desai
  • - Yonsei university Shinchon Severance hospital , Korea (South) Na-young Shin
  • - UCLA , United States Fereidoun Abtin
  • - SNUH , Korea (South) Mi-Jin Kang
  • - Asan Medical Center , Korea (South) Eun Jin Chae
  • - Hopital universitaire Lausanne , Switzerland abed kourhani
  • - Auckland City Hospital , New Zealand (Aotearoa) Remy Lim
  • - ULTRA CARE , India Debabrata Das
  • - CH de la Ce Basque , France Paul ARDILOUZE
  • - OSWAL CANCER HOSPITAL , India LOVKESH MITTAL
  • - Jackson Memorial Hospital , United States Naganathan Mani
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 31/77,  40.3%
  • - Shiga University of Medical Science , Japan Norihisa Nitta
  • - Regional Imaging Ltd. - Riverina , Australia Rashid Hashmi
  • - Samsung Medical Center , Korea (South) Dae Kun Oh
  • - EWHA WOMANS MOKDONG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL , Korea (South) YOOKYUNG KIM
  • - Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune , India Anubhav Khandelwal
  • - Saga University, Japan , Japan Ryoko Egashira
  • - lilavati hospital and research center , India dr vivek gupta
  • - ROHINI Scans (P) Ltd. Ambattur, Chennai , India Umapathi Mahesh
  • - Trakya Univercity School of Medicine , Turkey Armagan Sarac
  • - Trakya University School of Medicine , Turkey Umut Ugur
  • - Shinsegye Rad Clinic, Daegu , Korea (South) Gi Beom Kim
  • - seoul national university hospital , Korea (South) Ijin Joo
  • - yashodha hospital , India pravin mahadevappa
  • - CHRU lille , France manuel toledano
  • - Az Osp Santa Maria , Italy angelo carloni
  • - All India Institute of medical sciences , India Justin Moses
  • - NBE , India vishal garg
  • - suwon baiksung hospital , Korea (South) cheolyoung kim
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) Sang Min Lee
  • - Cheongshim international medical center , Korea (South) Yang Hae Jum
  • - Vital Imaging Centre, Mumbai,India , India Ganesh Agrawal
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital , Korea (South) Eil Seong Lee
  • - FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE , Australia AJAY TARANATH
  • - Vitalife Clinics , Pune , India. , India Rahul Deshmukh
  • - Medical College Chest Hospital,Thrissur,Kerala , India Raveendran TK
  • - Dongguk University International Hospital , Korea (South) Hee Seok Choi
  • - radiology department ANNECY , France gilles GENIN
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Julie Arora
  • - Deptt of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, PGIMER chandigarh , India Ram Galwa
  • - Depatment of Radiology, Yongsan Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University , Korea (South) Jae Seung Seo
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