CTICasesSenile visceral pleural calcification
Imaging findings
CT and radiographs show chronic, stable, thin, wavy calcifications outlining the visceral pleura at the lung apices bilaterally, in the absence of volume loss or parenchymal fibrosis.
Key takeaways
Apical pleural calcification is a benign, age-related degenerative finding in elderly patients (e.g. 90-year-olds). It is caused by chronic mechanical tension and stretch at the lung apices and should be distinguished from prior tuberculosis or PPFE.
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