ISSN: 2455-8702

Imaging Journal of Clinical and Medical Sciences

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Incidental Finding of Mesothelioma after a Motor Vehicle Accident

Tariq Khurram, Lala Roshan, Khousakoun Somphanh*, Farhangi Arezo, Rana Fauzia

University of Florida, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, USA

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*Corresponding author: Khurram Bilal Tariq, MD, University of Florida, Department of Internal Medicine, 653 West 8th Street, Box L 18, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA, Tel: 904-244-3093; Email: [email protected]
doi : 10.17352/2455-8702.000002
Submitted: 27 June, 2014 | Accepted: 02 July, 2014 | Published: 03 July, 2014

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Khurram T, Roshan L, Somphanh K, Arezo F, Fauzia R (2014) Incidental Finding of Mesothelioma after a Motor Vehicle Accident. Imaging J Clin Medical Sci. 2014; 1(1): 2-2. Available from: 10.17352/2455-8702.000002

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© 2014 Khurram T. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Figure 1: The blue arrows point to the pleural calcification seen in this patient with asbestos exposure. Patient is a 76 year old male who suffered from severe asbestos exposure while working for the plumbing industry. He Presented to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident and on workup was incidentally found to have bilateral pleural effusions and calcification of the pleura in the left lung consistent with Mesothelioma.

 

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