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Case No : 591 Date 2009-02-23

  • Courtesy of Jung Im Jung, MD. / St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
  • Age/Sex 53 / M
  • Chief ComplaintRoutine Examination
  • Figure 1

Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Asbestosis
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiography shows linear calcifications of diaphragmatic pleura and suspicious increased interstitial lung markings in both lower lobes.
Chest CT with coronal reformated image shows calcified plaques of both diaphragmatic pleura. HRCT of lung base shows reticulations with parenchymal bands. Findings are consistent with asbestosis related pleural plaques and pulmonary fibrosis.
Patient had an occupational history of asbestosis factory worker.

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Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 545,
KSTR Symposium 1998  Case 11,
References
Keywords

No. of Applicants : 100

▶ Correct Answer : 65/100,  65.0%
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) Sang Min Lee
  • - Shiga University of Medical Science , Japan Norihisa Nitta
  • - Soonchunhyang university Bucheon hospital , Korea (South) Minhee Lee
  • - Kasturba Medical College Manipal , India Paresh Desai
  • - Changhua Christian Hospital , Taiwan Chia-Fu Tsai
  • - PingTung Christian Hospital ,China Medical University ,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
  • - Osaka University , Japan Osamu Honda
  • - Yashoda Super Speciality hospital , India Ramesh Pandey
  • - Shinsegye Rad Clinic, Daegu , Korea (South) Gi Beom Kim
  • - second hospital xian jiaotong university , China li ming
  • - SMC , Korea (South) Jihoon Cha
  • - Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre , India Mahavir Swami
  • - Univ. of Miami/Jackson Memorial , United States mantosh rattan
  • - atatk etim-arama hast. radyoloji bl. , Turkey kamil yel
  • - IRCCS S.Luca Hosp. , Italy filippo casolo
  • - Father Muller Medical College , Mangalore , India nabil mahmood
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada Alexandre Semionov
  • - hospital Sao Paulo , Brazil israel missrie
  • - Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital , Japan Takahide Kakigi
  • - yashodha hospital , India pravin mahadevappa
  • - Louisiana State University - Shreveport , United States Carlos Previgliano
  • - Dongguk University International Hospital , Korea (South) Ah-young Kim
  • - Ewha Womans University , Korea (South) Ha Eun Ju
  • - ROHINI Scans. Ambattur, Chennai , India Umapathi Mahesh
  • - CHRU lille , France manuel toledano
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada Faiza Al Kindi
  • - Trakya Univercity School of Medicine , Turkey Armagan Sarac
  • - Das Allgemeine Krankenhaus Celle , Germany Davis Chiramel
  • - Soonchunhyang university hospital, Bucheon , Korea (South) Hyelin Kim
  • - ULTRA CARE , India Debabrata Das
  • - Trakya University School of Medicine , Turkey Umut Ugur
  • - govt royapettah hospital , India gopinathan kathirvelu
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Julie Arora
  • - Oita University, Faculty of Medicine , Japan Fumito Okada
  • - Radiology , Korea (South) Jaewon Kim
  • - CH Sud Rnion , Reunion jean-baptiste Noel
  • - Institute of Chest Diseases,Calicut , India sijith raghavan
  • - Konkuk university hospital , Korea (South) Jeong Geun Yi
  • - Saboo Hospital , India Sandeep Saboo
  • - SNUH , Korea (South) Youkyung Lee
  • - Freelancer , India Kalari Narayana
  • - john h stroger hsp , United States dheeraj reddy gopireddy
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) Kwang Nam Jin
  • - Mediacl IT Consulting , Japan Kazumasa Nishimura
  • - IRSA , France jean -luc BIGOT
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital , Korea (South) Eil Seong Lee
  • - Hanmaeum Hospital , Korea (South) Kwon Hyoung Kim
  • - Yonsei University college of medicine Severance Hospital , Korea (South) Hua Sun Kim
  • - Homs National Hospital , Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - NOUR EL-ISLAM RADIOLOGY CENTER , Egypt Elsayed Mousa
  • - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology , United States Naganathan Mani
  • - Deptt of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, PGIMER chandigarh , India Ram Galwa
  • - CHRU Lille , France Benjamin Damarey
  • - Medical College Chest Hospital,Thrissur,Kerala , India Raveendran TK
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
  • - clinique de SAVOIE , France, Metropolitan gay-depassier philippe
  • - kims,narkatpally , India k bhaskar
  • - Kashan University of Medical Sciences, kashan , Iran Ebrahim Razi
  • - McGill University Health Centre , Canada Amr Ajlan
  • - Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Korea (South) Park Sang Hyun
  • - CHU Grenoble , France Fabrice Bing
  • - Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece , Greece Vasilios Tzilas
  • - Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital , Japan Taizo Hiraoka
  • - Priv><br> <input type=hidden name=id18088 value= , Belgium Emmanuel Agneessens
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 11/100,  11.0%
  • - Cairo University , Egypt Mamdouh Eissa
  • - jaslok hospital & research centre mumbai , India JAINENDRA JAIN
  • - Ruby Hall Clinic , India john joseph
  • - All India Institute of Medical Sciences , India Ashish Gupta
  • - Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Hospital, Ankara , Turkey Meric Tuzun
  • - POPOVO HOSPITAL , Bulgaria VLADISLAV RUSINOV
  • - Hospital Procardiaco , Brazil Mauro Oliveira
  • - Doctors Hospital , Bahamas muneesh sharma
  • - chp st martin , France Mariotte benoit
  • - chest hospital , Egypt assaad assaad
  • - Beaulieu clinic Geneva , Switzerland gilles GENIN
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 6/100,  6.0%
  • - EWHA WOMANS MOKDONG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL , Korea (South) YOOKYUNG KIM
  • - HOSPITAL SOTIRIA , Greece AIKATERINI DELAVERI
  • - Rumeli , Turkey Ata Sarizeybek
  • - Vital Imaging Centre, Mumbai,India , India Ganesh Agrawal
  • - Uzunkopru Hospital, Edirne, Turkey , Turkey Derya Karabulut
  • - apollo hospitals , India harish bhambore
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