| Document ID (ISN) | 68802 |
| CIS number |
97-540 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Japanese Journal of Traumatology and Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Kishimoto T., Fujioka H., Oke M., Onoshi T. |
| Title |
Case of calcified pleural plaque induced by asbestos exposure complicated with gastric cancer, asbestos pleurisy and malignant pleural mesothelioma |
| Original title |
Sekimen bakuro ni yoru sekkai ka kyōmaku purāku keika kansatsu chū ni igan, sekimen kyōsui, akusei kyōmaku chūhishu wo gappei shita ichi shōrei [in Japanese] |
| Bibliographic information |
10 Jan. 1996, Vol.44, No.7, p.464-468. Illus. 13 ref. |
| Abstract |
A 84-year-old male had a history of asbestos exposure for 35 years as a electrician in shipyard beginning in 1929. Calcified pleural plaque was detected in chest X-rays in 1991. In 1992, he had early gastric cancer 62 years from the first exposure of asbestos; asbestos-induced pleurisy and malignant pleural mesothelioma occurred after 64 years. The gastric cancer was successfully treated by operation and the malignant mesothelioma by radiation. There should be careful follow-up of cases with pleural plaque in chest X-rays, because malignancy can appear for these cases 60 years after first exposure to asbestos. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mesothelioma; Japan; pleural thickening; long-term exposure; pleurisy; gastrointestinal cancer; asbestos |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
shipbuilding industry; case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Japan |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Gastrointestinal diseases
|
