Pleural mesothelioma in paraoccupational, environmental and occupational patients exposed to asbestos
Objective: to identify the characteristics of pleural mesothelioma in patients exposed to asbestos. Methods: a transversal study in 3700 cases of lung cancer was conducted. There were identified 21 cases with mesothelioma. Age, gender, smoking history, cancer development, dissemination, cyto- histoc...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:457745509004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=457745509004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina diseases asbestos Mesothelioma pleural occupational diseases |
| Sumario: | Objective: to identify the characteristics of pleural mesothelioma in patients exposed to asbestos. Methods: a transversal study in 3700 cases of lung cancer was conducted. There were identified 21 cases with mesothelioma. Age, gender, smoking history, cancer development, dissemination, cyto- histochemistry, lethality and total lung capacity were studied. ANOVA test was used. Results: the incidence was of 0.45/100,000 patients. Four (19 %) corresponded to occupational exposure (OE), seven (33 %) para-occupational (PE) and ten (48 %) environmental (EE). The mean age at de- tection was 50 years for PE, 55 years for EE and 64 years for OE. Twenty cases were male. Thirteen patients (62 %) were active cigarette smokers. The latency time in PE mesothelioma was 34.5 years, in OE 40 years, and in EE more than 40 years. In 19 (90 %) cases the tumor was disseminated. Diagno- sis was confirmed by cytohistochemistry. Malignant mesothelioma was reported in 19 (90 %) cases. The survival period was 5 months for OE patients, 10 in PE and 16 in EE. Conclusions: there is a low incidence of malignant mesothelioma in our population. Male was the pre- dominant group. Occupational and paraoccupational exposure predominated in patients. |
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