1 MCQs in Pathology for NEET PG
A 71-year-old male former shipyard worker presents with progressive dyspnea on exertion, non-productive cough, and bibasilar end-inspiratory crackles. He worked in insulation and boiler-lagging for 40 years during the 1950s–1970s. Chest radiograph and HRCT show bilateral lower zone reticular opacities with calcified parietal pleural plaques on the lateral chest wall and diaphragmatic pleura. The well-circumscribed ivory-white parietal pleural plaques marked **A** in the diagram are characterized by which of the following histopathological features?
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