title: Mesothelioma: a soon to be forgotten disease in the United States?
abstract: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an uncommon cancer that commonly presents with a large unilateral bloody pleural effusion long after asbestos exposure. Its prevalence is decreasing with the decreasing exposure to asbestos in the United States. We present a patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma who underwent evaluation and treatment during medical thoracoscopy. The thoracoscopic evaluation revealed multiple, varied, and severe but characteristic findings of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Medical thoracoscopy is the procedure of choice for the diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and SleepMedicine, Department of Interventional Pulmonology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Dani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geck
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rozas
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muro-Cacho
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rumbak
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D060389:Construction Industry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos