Pleural Mesothelioma

This kind of Mesothelioma occurs in the Pleura of the lung. Pleural mesothelioma is the most common type of mesothelioma in which the serous membrane of the lung been attacked the most. The Pleural mesothelioma as often caused by the inhalation of Asbestos lung cancer but always it should be remembered that it should not be confused with Asbestosis which is a type of asbestos disease.This type of disease actually caused by the settlement of the inhaled asbestos on the lining of pleura of lung and cause chronic inflammation which then may turn to the cancer cell in form of tumors. Both the visceral and parietal surface been attacked by such mesothelioma, mainly the parietal surface been in higher exposure.The cancerous cell than can invade the other parts of the body , including the heart and abdomen, sometimes the mesothelioma can enter the systemic circulation also. Sometimes it is seen as breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

Symptoms of Pleural mesothelioma : Some common symptoms may arise such as breathing problem which is called as dyspnea, apart from that weight loss also is seen, night sweats with sometimes fever is being noted. But yes the most prominent is the chest pain as in case of pleural mesothelioma, the tumor grows rapidly and tries to fill the pleural space, causing discomfort and pain, which is the first and prominent sign.

Prognosis of pleural mesothelioma: Studies proved that the average survival rate of the patients suffering from such Plueral mesothelioma is about 8 months. Though the survival rate of such disease, is very less in case of patients having biphasic mesothelioma.

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Treatment of Mesothelioma

There aredifferent types of treatment for malignant Mesothelioma but they depends upon the stages of the mesothelioma.There are different kinds of standard treatment such as Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy.
In Surgery,Pneumonectomy and Pluerectomy actually been done .The Pleural Mesothelioma is also known as ICD -9 code 163 and the Pericardial Mesothelioma is known as ICD-9 code 164.The operative mortality rate in case of Pluerectomy is comparatively less than the Pneumonectomy.The radiation therapy is being used mainly in the Pleural Mesothelioma and Doxorubicin is being mainly used but in maximumcases its seen that side effects persists and no much Long survival been recorded.Alimta also is combined with the Cisplatin to give better result in case of giving the sisplatin alone, the progression of cancerous cells are comparatively slow in case of the combination treatment.

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Symptoms of Mesothelioma

Various symptoms may be seen in different kinds of Mesothelioma.In Case of Plural mesothelioma, there is breathing problem and sometimes severe chest pain also notable as the liquid may accumulate in the Lung during this Plural Mesothelioma. In case of Peritoneal Mesothelioma,there may be various types of symtoms includes sudden abdominal pain, weight loss, Blood clotting abnormalities may occur.Fever and anemia complications may arise with some problems in colon.Sometimes its seen that the Mesothelioma may spread to the other parts of the body , in such cases , the neck and throat pain may be observed.In case of chest X-ray its seen that in maximum cases , the right lung is being attacked 60%.Sometimes lumps may occur under the skin of the chest.Dry cough may create expell of blood with it.Night sweats also been experienced in such cancer disease.Irregular heart beat is a common symptom in this case.

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