Extrathoracic mesothelioma by inhalation of asbestos dust
Beck, B.; Irmscher, G.
Zeitschrift für Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane 152(3): 282-293
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-657X PMID: 494698 Document Number: 143109
Report on 22 cases of malign peritoneal mesothelioma, their occupational, epidemiological, differentialdiagnostic, and oncologic aspects being discussed. For expert opinion the special criteria for acknowledging a peritoneal mesothelioma as an occupational disease are formulated (time and level to asbestos exposition, presence of pulmonary asbestosis and/or asbestos needles, latency time of about 20 years, and malignancy of the very often diffuse peritoneal mesothelioma).