Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Malignant mesothelioma
Symptoms
Symptoms may not appear until 20 - 50 years or longer after exposure to asbestos, and may include:
Abdominal bloating Abdominal pain Chest pain Cough Fatigue Shortness of breath Weight loss
Signs and tests
Chest x-ray - Chest CT
Cytology of pleural fluid Open lung biopsy Pleural biopsy
Mesotheliomas are often hard to diagnose under the microscope. It can be hard to distinguish between this disease and similar conditions and tumors.
Images
Respiratory system
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Mesothelioma Treatment
Review Date: 06/02/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
