Rockoff SD, Schwartz AM. Noninvasive detection of early asbestos-related disease of the thorax: algorithmic analysis of radiographic, nuclear, and serologic tests.
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991;
643:121-32. [PMID:
1809124 DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24452.x]
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Abstract
Improved imaging techniques may assist in the diagnosis of early asbestosis, such as could occur from "asbestos in place." These include (1) increased visualization of visceral pleural thickening, (2) high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), and (3) gallium scanning, combined with evidence of serum markers indicating inflammation-associated pulmonary collagen formation. Combining these imaging and serum test observations with a clinically useful algorithmic approach may permit the diagnosis of "early" asbestosis, which is not now possible from the individual test results or from an unweighted combination of such data.
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