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3100163 
Technical Report 
Pulmonary pseudotumors and asbestos 
Hillerdal, G; Hemmingsson, A 
1980 
HEEP/81/09715 
21 
5 
615-620 
HEEP COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Ten patients are described in whom a localized reaction in the visceral pleura developed comparatively rapidly, involving parts of the underlying lung parenchyma, forming an atelectatic pseudotumor. The lesions were mistaken for pulmonary malignancy, leading to thoracotomy in 5 patients. These lesions may occur many years after exposure to asbestos and are apparently sequelae of benign pleurisy. Computer tomography is of great value in these cases and may obviate thoracotomy.