title: [On the aetiology of malignant pericardial mesothelioma (author's transl)].
abstract: Two cases of malignant pericardial mesothelioma are described. Morphologically they corresponded to the epithelial or fibrous type, respectively. In one patient, an old-metal dealer, an increased number of asbestos bodies were found in the lung parenchyma and phase-microscopy demonstrated increased asbestos needles in the lung parenchyma. Since, beyond a certain fibre size, asbestos can induce bronchial carcinoma as well as pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma, it is likely that the pericardial mesothelioma had a similar aetiology.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium
vernacular_title: Beitrag zur Atiologie der malignen Perikardmesotheliome.