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Pediatric Pleural Mesothelioma

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Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor that originates from the lining cells (mesothelium) that cover the serosal surfaces of the pleural and peritoneal cavities, or more rarely the tunica vaginalis testis and the pericardium (Moore et al. 2008). Based on the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis, mesothelioma may present as discrete multifocal nodules or as a diffuse confluent mass encasing the adjacent organs and/or obliterating the serosal cavity from which the tumor has originated.

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  1. Hématologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital pour enfants de “la Timone”AP-HM, Marseille, France

    Nicolas André

  2. Labor Hygiene Laboratory, Yekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation

    Sergey K. V. V. Kashanskiy

  3. Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Abbas Agaimy

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  1. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Beurhausstr. 40, Dortmund, 44137, Germany

    Dominik T. Schneider

  2. Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loschgestr. 15, Erlangen, 91054, Germany

    Ines B. Brecht

  3. at Egleston, Dept. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Uppergate Drive NE., 2015, Atlanta, 30322, Georgia, USA

    Thomas A. Olson

  4. Unità di Oncologia Pediatrica, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via G. Venezian 1, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Andrea Ferrari

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André, N., Kashanskiy, S.K.V.V., Agaimy, A. (2012). Pediatric Pleural Mesothelioma. In: Schneider, D., Brecht, I., Olson, T., Ferrari, A. (eds) Rare Tumors In Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04197-6_27

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