Radiation associated malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- 1 June 1991
- Vol. 46 (6) , 463-464
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.46.6.463
Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma of epithelial type developed in a 24 year old woman, 20 years after radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. This case and a review of published cases indicate that radiation may induce malignant mesothelioma.Keywords
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