Premium
Malignant mesothelioma secondary to chronic inflammation and old scars. Two new cases and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Hillerdal Gunnar,
Berg Jonas
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19850501)55:9<1968::aid-cncr2820550923>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , mesothelioma , scars , etiology , pathology , mesothelium , asbestos , empyema , mesothelial cell , dermatology , surgery , materials science , metallurgy
Old scars of the pleura, for example from chronic empyema or therapeutic pneumothorax, can cause a malignant mesothelioma appearing some decades later. The authors describe two cases of primary pleural tumors, which probably had such an etiology. A literature review revealed 20 further cases, the majority of which were squamous cell carcinomas. Whether these tumors developed from metaplastic mesothelium or inplanted cells from the skin is not clear.