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What Causes Pleural Thickening And Bronchial Dilation?

MY CT SCAN SHOWED CHRONIC-APPEARING PLEURAL THICKENING AND PERHAPS SOMW BRONICIAL DILATION BOTH IN THE LINGULA AND MIDDLE LOBE I HAVE NO WORK HISTORY OF BEING AROUND ABESTOS CAN THIS BE CAUSED BY SOMETHING ELSE iM 60 YEARS OLD tHANK YOU mY NAME IS hELEN
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Hi...I am a pulmonologist and can help u....
Pleural thickening can be caused by lots of causes...one such is asbestos exposure...others being infection...may be u have occult Tuberculosis in the past which went away itself....bronchial dilatation may be also due to infection or other systemic causes...
If we try to explain both these 2 conditions then infection is the first cause.
Causes of pleural thickening are-
Bacterial pneumonia

Chemotherapy

Drugs

Infection

Injury to the ribs

Lung contusions

Lupus

Pleural effusion

Pulmonary embolisms

Radiation therapy

Rheumatoid lung disease

Tuberculosis

Tumours (benign and malignant)
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What Causes Pleural Thickening And Bronchial Dilation?

Hi...I am a pulmonologist and can help u.... Pleural thickening can be caused by lots of causes...one such is asbestos exposure...others being infection...may be u have occult Tuberculosis in the past which went away itself....bronchial dilatation may be also due to infection or other systemic causes... If we try to explain both these 2 conditions then infection is the first cause. Causes of pleural thickening are- Bacterial pneumonia Chemotherapy Drugs Infection Injury to the ribs Lung contusions Lupus Pleural effusion Pulmonary embolisms Radiation therapy Rheumatoid lung disease Tuberculosis Tumours (benign and malignant)