Veterans are the most affected by asbestos and mesothelioma. A centralized database for veterans exposed to asbestos to help ...

Mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the ... or the pericardium (the tissue lining the heart). Symptoms often vary based on where the cancer starts, but the most common signs include chest ...

1 Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland 2 Student Scientific ...

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer of the tissues that line the mesothelium, the protective membrane that covers the lungs, chest walls, heart, and abdomen. Most cases of this cancer occur due ...

The clinical diagnosis remained congenital heart block. Necropsy showed extensive infiltration of the atrioventricular node and proximal bundle by mesothelioma tissue. Pacing had not been advised ...

About 350 cases have been reported in total. Pericardial mesothelioma develops in the lining of the heart (the pericardium). If caught early, pericardial mesothelioma can be treated with a ...

After consultation with several pathologists, she was diagnosed with primary pericardial mesothelioma (PPM), an exceedingly rare cardiac tumour with a fatal prognosis. She died within 3 months of ...

A 19 year old man with no history of cardiac disease had been admitted to another hospital six months previously with progressively worsening breathlessness and a decrease in exercise tolerance. Chest ...

The most common site for mesothelioma is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs), but it can also arise in the abdominal (peritoneum) or cardiac cavity (pericardium).

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