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Descriptor English: Mesothelioma
Descriptor Spanish: Mesotelioma
Descriptor mesotelioma
Scope note: Tumor maligno derivado del tejido mesotelial (peritoneo, pleura, pericardio). Se presenta como amplias láminas de células, con algunas zonas que contienen células fusiformes similares a las del sarcoma y otras que muestran una disposición adenomatosa. Los mesoteliomas pleurales se han relacionado a la exposición excesiva al amianto. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mesotelioma
Descriptor French: Mésothéliome
Entry term(s): Mesotheliomas
Tree number(s): C04.557.470.035.510
C04.557.470.660.510
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008654
Scope note: A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: benign or malignant; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM); LOCALIZED MESOTHELIOMA and FIBROUS MESOTHELIOMA see SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR, PLEURAL is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SC secondary
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8830
Unique ID: D008654
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Mesothelioma - Preferred
Concept UI M0013485
Scope note A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Mesothelioma
Entry term(s) Mesotheliomas



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