Lung cancers attributable to asbestos on a pathological basis
Mollo, F.; Bellis, D.; Andreozzi, A.; Burlo, P.; Bo, P.; Cravello, M.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 19(1): 36-38
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 9377742 Document Number: 479624
More than 1,000 asbestos bodies/gram dry weight (AB/gdw) were found by light microscopy in lung tissues, out of 429 non selected cases of pulmonary carcinoma (264 from surgery and 165 from autopsy). Asbestosis was detected by histology in 28% of the cases with AB > 1,000/gdw (in 19% of the surgical cases, and in 38% of the autopsy cases). A proportion of 4% of the total cases may be related to asbestos exposure.