According to an article in the Journal of Clinical Imaging Science there is a new report which contains some disturbing news about just how little asbestos exposure it may take to cause malignant mesothelioma. Radiologists in New Delhi, India have published details of a case of mesothelioma in a young woman who experienced only very limited asbestos exposure as a child.
Having complaining of chest pain and breathlessness, X-rays and CT scans revealed that, not only was she suffering from the asbestos cancer, but that it had also spread to her liver and lungs. A biopsy of one of the tumors confirmed the diagnosis.
In addition to being much younger than most mesothelioma patients, the woman’s case is unique in that her only known exposure to asbestos was from contact with the contaminated work clothes of her father some 15 years earlier and she only lived with him for around three months. He was a miner in the asbestos-rich Jharkhand area of eastern India.
Lead investigator, Dr. Bharati Singhal of the ESI Model Hospital in New Delhi. Dr. Singhal and his colleagues conclude that these kinds of short-term or second-hand exposures to mesothelioma-causing asbestos are probably underreported because neither patients nor investigators recognize their significance.
If you have been exposed to asbestos, and have developed an asbestos related disease such as mesothelioma, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately. Or contact us online for a free consultation.
