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Calcified pleural plaques lower thorax?
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Exposed to asbestos: Means that you may have or have worked around asbestos. Will not affect your breathing but may put you at risk for mesothelioma. Would have you doc keep an eye on them every so often.
Answered 3/11/2015
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