作者: Sarah J. Lowry , Noel S. Weiss
DOI: 10.1007/S10552-016-0825-3
关键词: Etiology 、 Pathology 、 Asbestos 、 Pericardial Mesothelioma 、 Mesothelioma 、 Medicine 、 Pericardium 、 Incidence (epidemiology) 、 Geographic distribution 、 Tunica vaginalis
摘要: Purpose Exposure to asbestos is thought cause the large majority of pleural mesotheliomas in USA. It unknown whether exposure plays a role etiology rarer forms mesothelioma, e.g., those located pericardium or tunica vaginalis testis. In order address this question, we sought determine geographic patterns incidence these have paralleled mesotheliomas.