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What are the different types of mesothelioma? Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial
attorney in New York City and I'm going to talk to you about the different types of mesothelioma
that form in the human body, all of which can be caused by exposure to asbestos. The
first type of mesothelioma I want to talk to you about is pleural mesothelioma. And
looking at this diagram here (this drawing), we see that the lungs are represented in this
pinkish tissue here. And the area outside the lungs in this greyish, off white coloring
on both lungs that is a sack-like membrane that surrounds the outside of the lung. And
there's actually two of these membranes. There's the visceral pleura (which is almost adherent
to the lung) and the parietal pleura (which is almost adherent to the inside of the ribcage).
And in pleural mesothelioma, the malignant mesothelioma tumor forms in this pleural space.
It's actually a tumor of the pleura. The next type of mesothelioma that we should talk about
is pericardial mesothelioma. And pericardial mesothelioma is actually a mesothelioma tumor
of the pericardium. And the pericardium is a sack-like membrane that surrounds the heart.
So just like we see in pleural mesothelioma, pericardial mesothelioma is a tumor -- a malignant
tumor -- of the sack that surrounds the heart. Peritoneal mesothelioma, well that's a mesothelioma
tumor of the peritoneum. And the peritoneum is a sack-like structure that encases the
entire peritoneal cavity. And a peritoneal mesothelioma victim suffers mesothelioma to
that sack-like structure, the peritoneum. Lastly, there's something called, we'll call
it "testicular mesothelioma." The medical term is a very complicated sounding one, it's
tunica vaginalis, and I can tell you there's only been about 100 documented cases of this
that are on record. It's a tumor caused by asbestos, a mesothelioma tumor. So those are
the general types of mesothelioma and I'm sure you have many questions about mesothelioma
and we can answer those questions. I invite you to call the number below. I'm Joe Williams.
At our office, we handle cases for mesothelioma victims every day. Thank you.