Mesothelial fibrinolysis

Intradiaphragmatic mesothelial cysts.

Primary tumours and cysts of the diaphragm are rare. In a review of the literature Clagett and Johnson (1949) were able to record 30 cases, to which they added four of their own. Of these cases, 18 were malignant and 16 were benign. Primary cysts constituted only a very small proportion of the cases, and in recording a case of mesothelial cyst of the diaphragm Aufses and Oseasohn (1949) stated ...

Comparative Fibrinolysis

Pharmacological Fibrinolysis

Until fairly recently, arteriosclerosis and its complications were philosophically accepted as an inevitable consequence of ageing; but the steady increase of coronary deaths in particular, and the equally steady decrease ^ the age of onset have put an end to such laissez-faire complacency. To Pinpoint the epidemic acceleration of coronary deaths, a senior colleague told me that when he took th...

Mesothelial splenic cyst.

A 29-year-old female was admitted because of thrombocytopenia and an abdominal mass which was palpated 5 finger breadths below the left costal margin. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed splenomegaly with a large calcified cystic lesion. The spleen was removed and the pathological examination disclosed that the cyst was monolocular and the wall was of mesothelial origin.

Editorial: Mesothelial Physiology and Pathophysiology