pleural cancer
MONDO:0006294Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pleural cancer yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the pleura. A representative example of primary malignant pleural neoplasm is the malignant pleural mesothelioma. A representative example of metastatic malignant neoplasm to the pleura is metastatic carcinoma that has spread to the pleura from another anatomic site.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006294), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
13 names
Resolves to: pleural cancer
- Also called
- cancer of pleuracancer of the pleuramalignant neoplasm of pleuramalignant neoplasm of the pleuramalignant pleura neoplasmmalignant pleural neoplasmmalignant pleural tumormalignant pleural tumourmalignant tumor of pleuramalignant tumor of the pleuramalignant tumour of pleuramalignant tumour of the pleurapleura cancer