What Is My Diagnosis?

There are 3 types of mesothelioma. Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung (pleura), peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum), in addition to pericardial mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining surrounding the pump (pericardium). Sub-types (or jail cellular telephone types) of mesothelioma are epithelioid (the close common, in addition to considered the close amenable to treatment), sarcomatous (a much to a greater extent than aggressive form), in addition to biphasic or mixed (a combination of both of the other jail cellular telephone types).

The structural appearance of cells nether the microscope possess upwards one's heed the jail cellular telephone or sub-type of mesothelioma. Epithelioid is the to the lowest degree aggressive; sarcomatoid, the close aggressive. The biphasic or mixed jail cellular telephone type shows structural elements of both of the other two. More on the histologic subtypes of mesothelioma.