Pleural mesothelioma associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Occupational exposure to asbestos has been associated with an increased incidence of lung and gastric cancers, mesotheliomas, and myelolymphoid malignancies. A new observation of a patient with indirect exposure to asbestos who developed mesothelioma and plasmacytoid lymphocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is described. This report and the previously described stimulation of B lymphocytes by asbestos suggests that the association of mesothelioma with lymphoid and plasma cell malignancies is not merely a coincidence.
Tondini
M
M
Department of Respiratory Diseases, E. Morelli Regional Hospital, Sondalo (Sondrio), Italy.
Rocco
G
G
Travaglini
M
M
Rossi
G
G
Buscemi
A
A
de Fazio
L
L
D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology