Pleural mesothelioma is a type of mesothelioma cancer, which is not included in the lung cancer group, known as malignant pleural mesothelioma, malignancies affecting the pleura, the thin membrane that lines the lubricant cells of lung and chest wall. Could take 10 years more to be known as pleural disease. These differences can include thickening or calcification of the layers of the pleura, the condition is often diagnosed as pleural plaques. Conditions such as pleural calcification or pleural plaques development often serves as a pre-cursor to mesothelioma. Those diagnosed with pleural conditions are generally considered to be at high risk for developing more severe pleural mesothelioma
Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer that grows from the cells of the pleura, a thin layer that surrounds the lungs. Pleural mesothelioma is found approximately 75% of all Mesothelioma cases. Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer that originates from the serous membrane, and usually can also affect the serous membrane around the abdomen, called peritoneal mesothelioma, and the lining of the heart, or pericardial mesothelioma. Mesothelioma from serous lining in the abdomen that spread to the lungs or heart, is often regarded as secondary lung cancer.
Pleural mesothelioma is sometimes referred to as asbestos lung cancer. Cancers that do not originate from the lungs is not lung cancer. Pleural mesothelioma is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers, appearing as multiple tumor masses affecting the surface of the parietal (located outside and away from the position of the lungs) and the surface of the visceral (located closer to the lung) of the pleura. Inhaled asbestos fibers in the long term and settles in the lungs will be rooted in the lining of the lungs (pleura) and the chronic inflammation. This inflammation in a long time will become cancer cells * records found in some cases, asbestosis *.
Massive growth in the pleura are usually noted in patients at diagnosis. As the disease progresses, this growth led to a complete obliteration of the lung cavity. Tumors can spread outside the chest wall, abdomen, and heart, including the heart. Mesothelioma can also invade the lymph nodes and the circulatory system.
Tumors that are not associated with pleural mesothelioma in the pleura is also growing. These tumors begin in other parts of the body and metastasize to the pleura. The most common form of non-cancerous pleural mesothelioma is happening is lung cancer, representing about 36 percent of the cancers that occur in the pleura. The next most common form of breast cancer (25 percent), ovarian cancer (5 percent) and gastric cancer (2 percent). Lymphoma also account for a fraction of cancers that metastasize to the pleura.
Treatment of patients with pleural mesothelioma is to perform surgical resection of cancer, mesothelioma surgery is one option the right kind of treatment can prolong life for patients with mesothelioma. Treatment for patients with pleural mesothelioma, the same as the treatment of cancer patients and tumors are radiation and traditional chemotherapy, it can alleviate symptoms and make patients more comfortable.
Symptoms of Pleural Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma Symptoms is the most common is chest pain, pain is often not directly related to the lung pleura and often appears in the stomach or upper part of the shoulder. Shortness of breath, coughing up blood, fever, jaundice, * Low blood sugar: blood clots, tumor mass, aneamia or low blood levels, fatigue, weight loss and some patients experience anorexia. Pleural mesothelioma cancer tumor growth increases the pleural space, causing a buildup of fluid. Often, called a pleural effusion mesothelioma pleura. Patient show all three types of mesothelioma cancer cellsepithelioid mesothelioma, sarcomatoid mesothelioma and biphasic mesothelioma.
See also other types of mesothelioma:• Peritoneal mesothelioma• pericardial mesothelioma• Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis