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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Adenoma > Mesothelioma
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Mesothelial > Mesothelioma

Preferred term

Mesothelioma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • benign or malignant; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM); LOCALIZED MESOTHELIOMA and FIBROUS MESOTHELIOMA see SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR, PLEURAL is also available

Scope note

  • A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)

In other languages

  • mesoteliooma

    Finnish

  • icke specificerad lokalisation av mesoteliom
  • mesothelioma
  • mesothelioma non specificatum
  • määrittämätön mesoteliooma
  • Mesoteliom

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008654

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