Abstract
Primary tumors of the pleura are rare compared with carcinoma of the bronchus. The most common pleural tumor is a metastatic deposit from carcinoma of the lung or from carcinomas elsewhere in the body. Benign connective tissue tumors, such as fibromas and hemangiomas, occur, as does another benign tumor which is composed of fibrous tissue and mesothelial cells and is often called a “benign mesothelioma”. It is the malignant counterpart of this tumor, the “malignant mesothelioma”, which will be considered here. It has often been suggested that the term “mesothelioma” should be restricted to the malignant tumor, and that is how the term is used here.
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Hodson, M.E. (1988). Malignant Mesothelioma. In: Hoogstraten, B., Addis, B.J., Hansen, H.H., Martini, N., Spiro, S.G. (eds) Lung Tumors. UICC Current Treatment of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82873-7_18
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