Abstract
It has been known for 50 years that inhalation of asbestos dust can lead to appearances on chest roentgenograms that are different from those associated with silicosis and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.1 However, only the latest international classifications of the radiographic appearances of the pneumoconioses allow the recording of such shadows.2,3 These include what are now called small irregular opacities together with a variety of pleural changes. It is thought that small irregular opacities appearing first in the lower lung zones are characteristic of asbestos exposure.
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