Types Of Malignant Mesothelioma

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, which affects the protective lining of the cavities of lungs, heart, abdomen etc, called mesothelium. There is a common tendency to get confused between mesothelioma and lung cancer. But the former infects the lining whereas the latter affects the lung itself. Mesothelioma patients are those unfortunate people who have inhaled in asbestos particles for long durations of time.

Malignant mesothelioma is of three types. Pleural mesothelioma is the most common type, which affects the pleura, or the outer coverings of lungs and internal chest wall. The peritoneal type affects the protective lining of the abdominal cavity whereas the pericardial affects the protective lining of the heart. There is