Pleura and Peritoneum: the forgotten organs

Lung cancer and mesothelioma in the pleura and peritoneum among Swedish insulation workers.

OBJECTIVES To estimate the risk of cancer and death in Swedish insulation workers some years after their exposure to asbestos had stopped. One hypothesis was that the risk of lung cancer would tend to decrease some years after the exposure had ended. METHODS In a cohort study the cancer morbidity and cause of death was investigated in 248 insulation workers and compared with the corresponding...

Mesothelioma of pleura and peritoneum following exposure to asbestos in the London area.

A series of 83 patients from the London Hospital with a diagnosis of mesothelioma confirmed by necropsy or biopsy has been studied for possible exposure to asbestos. The series consisted of 41 men and 42 women; 27 of the patients had peritoneal and 56 pleural tumours. The earliest death recorded was in 1917, but only 10 of the series died before 1950 and 40 (48%) between 1960 and 1964. In 76 of...

Serosal membranes (pleura, pericardium, peritoneum). Normal structure, development and experimental pathology.

This monograph offers a comprehensive review of the present knowledge of the structure of the serosal coverings of the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities in humans and laboratory animals. The authors provide data from their own research--with transmission and scanning electron microscopy--on the structure of the main components of the serosal membranes: mesothelial cells, underlying ...

The Peritoneum

Drugs and the pleura.

PURPOSE To identify the drugs associated with pleural disease and to review the clinical, radiographic, and pleural fluid findings that occur, the natural history of the pleural reaction, and the response to therapy. DATA SOURCES English-language articles published from January 1966 through April 1998 were identified through searches of the MEDLINE database, selective bibliographies, and pers...