Mesothelioma Questions

February 16, 2007

Describe the clinical course of mesothelioma

Filed under: Uncategorized, Prognosis of Mesothelioma — mesothelioma_questions @ 12:32 am

As the disease progresses patients develop chest pain and shortness of breath.
Fatigue, dyspnea and hypoxia ensue. As the lesion invades thoracic structures, the following complications may develop:
           - dysphagia
           - hoarseness
           - cord compression
           - brachial plexopathy
           - Horner’s syndrome
           - superior vena cava syndrome
           - disseminated intravascular coagulation
           - migratory thrombophlebitis
           - thrombocytosis
           - coombs-positive hemolytic anemia
           - hypoglycemia
           - hypercalcemia

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