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he only method of treatment of malignant tumors of the pleura is plevrektomy - with the defeat of the parietal pleura or plevropulmonektomy in those cases when struck by the visceral pleura. The results of operations are usually not very comforting. Radiation therapy is a significant improvement does not, therefore, applies only to inoperable tumors after palliative surgery.
The prognosis of malignant tumors of the pleura is unfavorable due to late refe... Read more »
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Cancer of the pleura develops quickly and usually within a few months ends in death. The most characteristic symptoms are the earliest occurrence of pain, not associated initially with the breath, with persistent aching in nature. When the tumor in the dome of the pleura can be a pain in the shoulder girdle, note the appearance of Horner's syndrome. Characterized by rapid accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity, a gradual increase in shortness of breath, which i... Read more »
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Diffuse tumor growth leads to its extensive distribution in the pleura and lymphatic system of the latter, which is accompanied by the formation of knots. Often, the tumor grows in crevices of interlobar, hilar process involves fascia, sometimes sprout fins and muscles. To diffuse mesothelioma is characterized by an early defeat facing each other visceral and parietal sheets, resulting in a fusion of their area and obliteration of the pleural cavity. In the absence ... Read more »
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Malignant tumors of the pleura develop from the mesothelium with a predominance of epithelial (cancer) or fibrous (sarcoma) components. Sometimes cancers are mixed and contain elements of the structure of cancer and sarcoma (carcinosarcoma).
Primary cancer of the pleura is about 0.3% of cancers of all sites. Malignant mesot... Read more »
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What are tumors of the pleura
Tumor of the pleura are rare, there are benign or malignant. Neoplastic process may be affected all departments of the parietal and visceral pleura, but more posterior lateral divisions. Original tumor tissue is usually the mesothelium, but it can be and connective tissue, endothelium of blood and lymph vessels. Sometimes a tumor can develop from a... Read more »
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