Computerized chest tomography in asbestos workers suspected of having pleural disease

Forty-five computerized tomographic (CT) chest studies were performed on workers suspected of having pleural disease after being exposed to asbestos material. Ten of the 45 reviewed were court cases, and 32 workers acutely exposed at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) were studied with routine four views of the chest. CT confirmed the initial interpretation of chest films obtained at UCLA.