A case of asbestosis complicated with double cancer of the stomach and colon
Kishimoto, T.; Okada, K.; Nagake, Y.; Doi, K.; Takusagawa, Y.; Ono, T.; Shimamoto, F.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 35(3): 417-420
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 2926989 Document Number: 337218
A case of a double cancer, a stomach and a colon cancer, in a 84-year-old man is reported. The patient had an occupational history of asbestos exposure while working at two shipyards. His chest X-ray revealed typical, pleural plaque with calcification. Further, a significant number of asbestos bodies in his autopsied lung tissue was detected. In spite of failure to detect asbestos bodies in the stomach and the colon, our findings suggest that these two cancers may have been induced by asbestos exposure.