"Mesothelioma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D008654
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.035.510 C04.557.470.660.510
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mesothelioma".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Mesothelioma".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mesothelioma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mesothelioma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesothelioma" by people in Profiles.