Localized pleural thickening is usually a localized proliferation of pleura with varying pleural thickness caused by various reasons, which mainly include pleurisy, pneumonia, pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer.
1. Pleurisy: including tuberculous pleurisy, chronic purulent pleurisy, etc., all of which will lead to localized pleural thickening.
2. Pneumonia: if inflammation occurs in the lungs, it may lead to congestion and edema of the lungs, and the organism can cause pleural thickening after fiber repair.
3. Pleural mesothelioma: the tumor originated from pleural mesothelial tissue is the most common primary tumor of pleura, which often leads to the appearance of nodules, lumps, pleural effusion and pleural thickening in pleura, limited pleural mesothelioma can be benign or malignant, and diffuse pleural mesothelioma is mostly highly malignant tumor.
4. Lung cancer: including primary lung cancer and metastatic lung cancer, when lung cancer invades the pleura, it will also cause local pleural thickening.
When localized pleural thickening occurs, one can go to the hospital in time for consultation and targeted treatment after clarifying the cause of the disease.