|
|
|
| Asbestosis |
||
| Mesotheliomas-2 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| • | No relation
between mesothelioma and |
||||||||||
| smoking |
|||||||||||
| • | Most often due
to crocidolite particles |
||||||||||
| • | Most often
present as unilateral pleural |
||||||||||
| effusions |
|||||||||||
| • | During course
of disease, pleural effusion |
||||||||||
| develops in
almost all patients with |
|||||||||||
| mesothelioma |
|||||||||||