The relationship between pleural mesothelioma and asbestosis is universally accepted. Less importance has been given to its connection with chronic pleural disease, particularly tuberculosis. In a group of 35 patients affected with mesothelioma, neoplasm arose in 3 patients with calcific pleural tuberculosis, at a ratio of 1:8.5. The cause may have been indirect chronic stimulation or even direct action from oncogenic substances contained in the pleura.
The association of pleural mesothelioma and tuberculosis / G. Roviaro, F. Sartori, F. Calabrò, F. Varoli. - In: AMERICAN REVIEW OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE. - ISSN 0003-0805. - 126:3(1982 Sep), pp. 569-571.
The association of pleural mesothelioma and tuberculosis
G. RoviaroPrimo
;F. VaroliUltimo
1982
Abstract
The relationship between pleural mesothelioma and asbestosis is universally accepted. Less importance has been given to its connection with chronic pleural disease, particularly tuberculosis. In a group of 35 patients affected with mesothelioma, neoplasm arose in 3 patients with calcific pleural tuberculosis, at a ratio of 1:8.5. The cause may have been indirect chronic stimulation or even direct action from oncogenic substances contained in the pleura.
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