Radiation-induced malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Can Assoc Radiol J

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030.

Published: December 1990

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare and usually fatal disease. Its association with asbestosis is well recognized. The authors report a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma that developed 30 years after the patient underwent radiotherapy for breast cancer. This appears to be the first such case reported in the radiology literature.

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