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Chest Pain and Progressive Miliary Infiltrates in an Elderly Man

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1 Chest Pain and Progressive Miliary Infiltrates in an Elderly Man
Jeffrey B. Rubins, MD, FCCP, Robin Solomon, MD, Thomas Colby, MD, FCCP, Rosemary Kelly, MD, FCCP  CHEST  Volume 135, Issue 2, Pages (February 2009) DOI: /chest Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Chest radiograph showing residual infiltrate at the left lung base with slight blunting of the left costophrenic angle, and interstitial nodular markings in both lower lung fields. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Top: Chest CT showing innumerable tiny bilateral pulmonary nodular densities ranging from 1 to 3 mm in diameter, and bilateral calcified pleural plaques. Bottom: Demonstration of bilateral calcified pleural plaques suggesting asbestos-related pleural disease. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Biopsy samples. Top: Low-power image of several nodules of metastatic mesothelioma with intervening normal lung parenchyma, blood vessel, and bronchiole (hematoxylin-eosin, original × 2.5). Center and bottom: Intermediate and high-power fields showing tumor nodules with bland, eosinophilic cells forming occasional gland-like structures (hematoxylin-eosin, original × 10 and original × 40, respectively). CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2009 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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