Pleura & peritoneum
Pleura nonneoplastic conditions
Pleural plaques
Author: Vaidehi Avadhani, M.D.
Last author update: 1 December 2013
Last staff update: 2 August 2023
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Definition / general | Gross description | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Avadhani V. Pleural plaques. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/pleurapleuralplaques.html. Accessed April 24th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Due to chronic injury of pleural surface
- Do not contain asbestos bodies but rare if no asbestos history (may be from other pneumoconiosis)
- May induce pleural effusions but usually no symptoms
Gross description
- On parietal pleura near vertebral column, lower lung, dome of diaphragm
Gross images
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Pleural plaques
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Fibrotic plaque on diaphragm
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Well circumscribed plaques of dense, hyalinized, acellular collagen, may have with basketweave morphology, often calcified
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Pleural plaques
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Dense layers of collagen
