{"title":"Progressive apical pleural fibrosis: a 'constrictive' ventilatory defect.","authors":"R M Oliver, E Neville","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90103-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report two patients with bilateral apical pleural fibrosis which may be a form of benign asbestos-related pleurisy, one of these being steroid responsive. The pulmonary function defect of reduced lung volumes with raised gas transfer coefficient is characteristic and is best described as 'constrictive'.</p>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 4","pages":"439-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90103-9","citationCount":"13","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of diseases of the chest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90103-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report two patients with bilateral apical pleural fibrosis which may be a form of benign asbestos-related pleurisy, one of these being steroid responsive. The pulmonary function defect of reduced lung volumes with raised gas transfer coefficient is characteristic and is best described as 'constrictive'.