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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Mesothelioma must be differentiated from lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, peritoneal tuberculosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[1]
Differentiating Mesothelioma from other Diseases
Mesothelioma must be differentiated from:[2]
- Pleural effusion
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Benign asbestos related pleural disease
- Pleural metastases
- Peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma
- Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura
- Pleural fibrosis from infective/inflammatory source (e.g. actinomyctes, tuberculosis)
- Colorectal Cancer
- Peritoneal tuberculosis
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Other causes of heart failure
References
- ↑ Mesothelioma. Radiopaedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/mesothelioma. Accessed on 13th January, 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/mesothelioma
- ↑ Differential diagnosis of mesothelioma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and A.Prof Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/mesothelioma. Accessed on February 3, 2016