Doctors believe her secondhand exposure as a child to asbestos, which weakens lung tissue, led her to develop pleural plaques ...

These radiographic findings included benign pleural disease, defined as thickening or fibrotic plaques on the pleural surfaces of both lungs, with or without diffuse lung fibrosis manifested by ...

pleural thickening in your lungs calcium deposits called pleural plaques fluid accumulation that may indicate pleural effusion If your doctor suspects pleural mesothelioma, they may conduct ...

In 2007 the Lords ruled that sufferers of pleural plaques could not seek compensation through the courts. But claimants could still succeed if they base their case on a breach of contract On 20 ...

TIME is running out for victims of the pleural plaques scandal to claim their rightful compensation before the Government stops payments. They need to get their claims in before August 1 – or ...

Pleural plaques is a textbook example of how NOT to deal with victims of an industrial disease. For two years ministers have doggedly resisted restoring compensation for workers suffering asbestos ...

PLEURAL plaques victims have welcomed a compensation scheme started after the Chronicle spearheaded a campaign for suffers to get justice. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) yesterday began accepting ...

The UK Supreme Court has backed the right of people in Scotland to claim damages if they have an asbestos-related condition called pleural plaques. Insurance firms had tried to get Scottish ...

Ron Marsh says he was exposed to asbestos at a locomotive works in the 1960s The Supreme Court in London has ruled on the validity of Scotland's law on compensation for pleural plaque patients ...

Doctors believe her secondhand exposure as a child to asbestos, which weakens lung tissue, led her to develop pleural plaques - thickened areas of tissue on the lining of the lungs. The medical ...