What is the Meaning of Mesothelioma ?

Mesothelioma, malignant mesothelioma is actually a rare form of cancer, a protect ivelayer of many internal organs, the mesothelium covering developed. This is usually caused by exposure to asbestos.



The most common site of the pleura (the outer layer of the lungs and internal chest wall),but can also in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the pericardium (the sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis occurred (one sack, which surrounds thetesticles).

Most people who develop mesothelioma worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles and glass, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibers in other ways.

He also suggested that washing the clothes of family members who work with asbestos or glass, can put someone at risk for developing mesothelioma. Unlike lung cancer, no association between mesothelioma and smoking, but smoking increases the risk for other asbestos-induced tumors. They were exposed to asbestos have collect damages for asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma. Compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits is an important topic in the law firm mesothelioma (see asbestos and the law).



Symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and general symptoms such as weight loss. Diagnosis can be suspected with chest X-rays and CT, and by examination of a biopsy (tissue sample) and microscopic confirmation. A thoraco scopy (inserting a tube with a camera into the chest) can be used to take biopsies.

This allows the introduction of substances such as talc into the pleural space (called pleurodesis), whichaccumulate more fluid and then deleting prevent lung. Despite treatment with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or sometimes surgery, the disease causes a poor prognosis. Research testing for early detection of mesothelioma is ongoing.



Mesothelioma is a (cancer) benign (not cancerous) or malignant tumors mesothelium, the membrane that most of the internal organs of the body covered. Most cases ofmesothelioma at the beginning of the pleura (the lining around the lungs) or peritoneum(abdominal lining).



Benign mesothelioma can also be a fibroma and mesothelioma cancer known asmalignant mesothelioma. Mesothelioma can continue to be named, where it occurs. For example, malignant pleural mesothelioma cancer that begins in the lining around the lungs.

Most people who develop malignant mesothelioma on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles work. A benign mesothelioma does not appear to have a relationship with exposure to asbestos.