asbestosis
MONDO:0016466Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names asbestosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A lung disorder caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers. It results in fibrosis of the lung parenchyma. Signs and symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath and chest pain.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016466), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
35 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal pulmonary interstitial morphologyHPOHP:0006530
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the respiratory systemHPOHP:0002086
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Decreased DLCOHPOHP:0045051
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Diffuse reticular or finely nodular infiltrationsHPOHP:0002207
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Exercise intoleranceHPOHP:0003546
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Exertional dyspneaHPOHP:0002875
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Late inspiratory cracklesHPOHP:0031998
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Nonproductive coughHPOHP:0031246
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Oxygen desaturation on exertionHPOHP:0030874
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Pleural thickeningHPOHP:0031944
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Reduced forced vital capacityHPOHP:0032341
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Reduced vital capacityHPOHP:0002792
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Restrictive ventilatory defectHPOHP:0002091
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Subpleural honeycombingHPOHP:0031631
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal sputumHPOHP:0032016
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chest tightnessHPOHP:0031352
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: asbestosis
- Also called
- asbestos dust pneumoconiosisasbestos pneumoconiosispneumoconiosis from asbestos dust