Accumulation of long asbestos fibers in the peripheral upper lobe in cases of malignant mesothelioma.

Abstract:

:Animal studies suggest that mesothelioma is most effectively induced by fibers longer than 8 mu. However, studies of asbestos fibers recovered from human lungs in cases of mesothelioma indicate that, at least in large-scale samples, relatively few fibers meet this size criterion, perhaps implying that the animal data do not apply to man. Since asbestos concentration in lung is known to be extremely inhomogeneous, it is also possible that long fibers may selectively accumulate in specific sites, such as under the pleura. To examine this possibility, we selected ten cases of mesothelioma that contained relatively large amounts of amosite asbestos and extracted fibers from an 0.5-cm-thick strip of subpleural tissue and an area 3-cm deep to the subpleural sample for upper and lower lobes. Amosite fibers were identified and sized by electron microscopic techniques. Fibers in the peripheral upper lobe were significantly longer, broader, and of higher aspect ratio than those in the central upper lobe. The lower lobe showed a reverse pattern, with longer fibers and broader fibers in the central sample. These data indicate that the two lobes behave differently in regard to fiber size, with selective accumulation of long fibers in the peripheral upper lobe, but not in the peripheral lower lobe. Whether these differences reflect differences in initial deposition of fibers within the lung, or, more likely, specific redistribution of fibers, is unclear, but in either case, accumulation of long fibers immediately under the upper lobe pleura may be important in the genesis of mesothelioma.

journal_name

Am J Ind Med

authors

Churg A,Wiggs B

doi

10.1002/ajim.4700110508

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-01-01 00:00:00

pages

563-9

issue

5

eissn

0271-3586

issn

1097-0274

journal_volume

11

pub_type

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