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Primary Malignant Mesothelioma of the Liver: Case Report and Review of the Literature

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Primary malignant mesothelioma of the liver is an extremely rare cancer, with only 16 cases reported in the literature so far. Diagnosis is challenging due to morphological similarity with common liver cancers and the extreme rarity of the ...
Subash Ghimire, Nilisha Regmi, Tsujung Yang, Harshil Shah, Ukorn Srivatana, Ashit Sarker, Hafiz Khan   +6 more
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Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Genetic Polymorphism and Risk of Asbestosis [PDF]

, 2011
Asbestos, a known occupational pollutant, may upregulate the activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and thus the production of nitric oxide (NO).
Vita Dolžan, Alenka Franko, Metoda Dodič-Fikfak, Niko Arnerić   +3 more
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The 2025 ATS/ERS update of the international multidisciplinary classification of the interstitial pneumonias: implications for the pathologist

Histopathology, EarlyView.
This review highlights changes relevant to pathologists in the updated multidisciplinary classification of interstitial pneumonias. Changes include expansion beyond idiopathic disease, subclassification as interstitial (fibrotic vs non‐fibrotic) and alveolar filling disorders, expansion to include additional patterns (e.g.
Andrew G Nicholson, Wendy A. Cooper, Aurelie Fabre, William Travis, Lida P. Hariri, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Sara Piciucchi, Christopher J Ryerson   +7 more
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Evaluation of manganese superoxide dismutase and thioredoxin2 levels in asbestos-induced pleural mesothelioma

Medicine Science, 2020
Asbestos is a mineral known as human carcinogenic material. Exposure to asbestos both in an occupational and environmental way causes asbestosis and mesothelioma.
Abdullah Sivrikaya, Bayram Metin, Esma Menevse, Yavuz Selim Intepe, Ayse Yesim Gocmen   +4 more
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Mortality rates from asbestos-related diseases in Italy during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health
Background and aimPatients with interstitial lung diseases, including asbestosis, showed high susceptibility to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a high risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms.
Lucia Fazzo, Lucia Fazzo, Enrico Grande, Amerigo Zona, Amerigo Zona, Giada Minelli, Roberta Crialesi, Ivano Iavarone, Ivano Iavarone, Francesco Grippo   +9 more
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Assessment of prognosis in asbestosis

, 2023
Asbestosis is a common differential diagnostic dilemma in diagnostics of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Previous research on prognosis-associated factors in asbestosis has been sparse.
Keskitalo, E. (Eerika)
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Black Pleural Nodules Caused by Capillary Haemangioma

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusion revealed multiple pea‐sized black nodules over the parietal pleura. They were histologically diagnosed with capillary haemangioma, a rare cause of pleural nodules. ABSTRACT A 54‐year‐old woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer presented with bilateral pleural effusions, larger on the right.
Takeshi Matsumoto, Kensaku Aihara
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Asbestosis.

, 2016
53yo male with 23 years of asbestos exposure. Pleural plaques (long white arrows), diffuse pleural thickening (parenchymal bands–black arrows) and asbestosis (subpleural intralobular and septal lines–white arrows) are depicted with equivalent diagnostic ...
Mi-Young Jeung (3138612), François Severac (3607907), Aissam Labani (3607910), Catherine Roy (3138600), Mickaël Ohana (3138609), Marysa Schaal (3607913)   +5 more
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Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page 335-344, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol, Jim teWaterNaude, Barry Kistnasamy, Rodney Ehrlich   +3 more
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Commentary on Notification and Recordkeeping of Occupational Mesothelioma in India

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 219-225, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In India, some occupational diseases are notifiable under the Mines Act, 1952, and the Factories Act, 1948. Mesothelioma, primarily attributable to asbestos exposure, has been listed specifically as one of the notifiable diseases under the Mines Act, 1952, and is notifiable under the category of occupational cancer in the Factories Act, 1948 ...
Raja Singh, Arthur L. Frank
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