In Cappadocia, Turkey, an unprecedented mesothelioma epidemic causes 50% of all deaths in three small villages. Initially linked solely to the exposure to a fibrous mineral, erionite, recent ...

As a result, you may experience: When the cancer spreads to the walls that line the inside of the abdomen (known as peritoneal mesothelioma) symptoms may include: Pericardial mesothelioma affects ...

Pericardial mesothelioma, which affects tissue that surrounds the heart, can cause symptoms such as breathing difficulty and chest pains.

Noninfectious pericarditis mainly includes autoimmune systemic diseases, post-pericardiotomy syndromes and neoplastic pericardial disease. Treatment should be targeted to the cause, but remains ...

The dissection then continues behind the pericardium. In some patients ... Surgical staging and work-up of patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 9:356-60, ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple criteria: typical chest pain, pericardial friction rub (Figure 2), widespread ST-segment elevation (Figure 3) and pericardial ...