Mesothelioma Common facts

Mesothelioma is nothing but in a common word, the cancer of mesothelium.Now the question is what is mesothelium -- Its a protective membrane of the body;s inner organ.Actually the mesothelium contains double layers, one is surrounding the organ and the other is forming a sac around that.Mesothelium actually forms a liquid fluid which lubricates. Suppose the heart is always expanding and contracting during the siastole and diastole movement so the lubricating liquid actually protect the heart from other organs.In the case of Lung also same thing happens.

In Mesothelioma , the mesothelium actually shows abnormality in growth and dividation, which may produce serious damage to the other organs of the body.So spreading to the other parts of the body is possible in mesothelioma. These cases are seen specially in the pleura and peritonium.