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Mesothelioma faq (pericardial incidence, symptoms, types)
By | July 6, 2007
What is pericardial mesothelioma?
Pericardial mesothelioma is a cancerous disease that affects the membraneous lining of the heart. It is commonly misconcepted that mesothelioma is a primary lung cancer; whereas it is not. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the serous membranes. These disease invades membranes which enclose some organs of the body, the heart inclusive. But the most common type is pleural mesothelioma, which affects the membranes of the lungs.Pericardial mesothelioma is the least common type of mesothelioma cancers.
What is the rate of pericardial mesothelioma incidence?
Pericardial mesothelioma cancers is seen in not more than 10% of mesothelioma patients.
In pericardial mesothelioma, it is still not yet unravelled how the asbestos fibers become deposited in the pericardium. It could be that asbestos fibers, after it break down into small pieces in the lungs, are transported into the blood stream. As these fibers are then pumped through the heart, they become deposited in the pericardium.
Because this type of cancer is so rare,specific research are going on about this type of mesothelioma. Approximately 2,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and less than 200 of them are pericardial mesothelioma patients.
What are the symptoms of pericardial mesothelioma?
Symptoms of Pericardial mesothelioma include:
Pain in the chest and irregular heartbeat brought about by the accumulation of fluid which thereby causes the normal functions of the heart to be impaired. Pericardial mesothelioma patients are usually diagnosed when there is a complaint pain in the chest and other heart-related symptoms. Impaired breathing and cough are usually not common symptoms of pericardial mesothelioma cancers.
What are the types of pericardial mesothelioma?
Pericardial mesothelioma patients may show all the three types of mesothelioma cancer cells: epithelioid mesothelioma, sarcomatoid mesothelioma and biphasic mesothelioma.
It is said and believed that patients with the biphasic type of mesothelioma cancers cells have a shorter life expectancy.
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August 11th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I had never heard of this disease before visiting your blog. Thanks for enlightening me and {{{HUGS!!!}}} to all going through this.
JJ
August 13th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Well, thanks for the compliment. You can still take a walk through the informations provided and be sure you have right one.
We also wish all mesothelioma patients a quick recovery.