Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages e25-e28 (August 2017)

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Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages e25-e28 (August 2017) An 80-Year-Old Man With Asbestos Exposure Presenting With Respiratory Distress Anirudh Aron, MD, Alexander E. Urban, MD, Julio Alberto Lanfranco, MD, Amado Xavier Freire, MD, Ivan H. Romero-Legro, MD CHEST Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages e25-e28 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016 Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Diagrammatic representation of a pleural plaque. CHEST 2017 152, e25-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016) Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Ultrasound appearance of a pleural plaque. A well-defined, smooth anechoic space. CHEST 2017 152, e25-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016) Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Lung ultrasound of two intercostal spaces. Pleural plaque in the right side and a normal space in the left. CHEST 2017 152, e25-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016) Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Axial CT scan soft tissue window shows calcified and noncalcified pleural plaques. CHEST 2017 152, e25-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016) Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 Axial CT scan lung window shows pleural plaques. CHEST 2017 152, e25-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.016) Copyright © 2017 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions