malignant mesothelioma
MONDO:0006292Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names malignant mesothelioma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant neoplasm of the pleura or peritoneum, arising from mesothelial cells. It is associated with exposure to asbestos.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006292), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
18 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Pleural effusionHPOHP:0002202
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal pleura morphologyHPOHP:0002103
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal thorax morphologyHPOHP:0000765
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Constitutional symptomHPOHP:0025142
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Respiratory distressHPOHP:0002098
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Weight lossHPOHP:0001824
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal cardiovascular system physiologyHPOHP:0011025
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal lung morphologyHPOHP:0002088
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal respiratory system physiologyHPOHP:0002795
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- DysphagiaHPOHP:0002015
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Fourth cranial nerve palsyHPOHP:0007011
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HepatomegalyHPOHP:0002240
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- LymphadenopathyHPOHP:0002716
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Obstruction of the superior vena cavaHPOHP:0031041
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- WheezingMondoHP:0030828
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (11)
- diffused pleural mesothelioma
- localized pleural mesothelioma
- malignant biphasic mesothelioma
- malignant epithelioid mesothelioma
- malignant pericardial mesothelioma
- malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
- malignant pleural mesothelioma
- mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis
- ovarian malignant mesothelioma
- pleural mesothelioma in situ
- sarcomatoid mesothelioma
Other names
11 names
Resolves to: malignant mesothelioma
- Also called
- malignant mesothelial tumormalignant mesothelial tumourmalignant mesothelioma (disease)malignant neoplasm of mesotheliummalignant neoplasm of the mesotheliummalignant tumor of mesotheliummalignant tumor of the mesotheliummalignant tumour of mesotheliummalignant tumour of the mesotheliummesothelioma, malignantmesothelioma, somatic