Visceral Pleural Lesions Related to Asbestos Exposure

Typical for the visceral pleural lesions is that the visceral pleura, i e the pleura which covers the lung, is involved.

Invariably, this leads to an affection of the lung parenchyma as well, with an affection of the lung function.

The so-called diffuse pleural thickening always blurs more or less diffusely with the parenchyma, and there are always more or less developed "fibrous strands" or "crow’s feet" which reach into the lung parenchyma; and most often there is a blunted costophrenic angle.

A peripheral atelectasis of the lung parenchyma can occur; this has been termed "rounded atelectasis".