Cell Types of Mesothelioma

   Doctor to a patient or medical record may refer to the type of "cell" of malignant mesothelioma. This is the type of tissue where the tumor first developed. For example, "epithelial" refers to cells of malignant mesothelioma cancer develops in the epithelium, "which is the membrane lining the lungs, heart or abdomen. On the contrary," sarcomatous "malignant mesothelioma has been created in the tissue.

"Biphasic" refers to a malignant mesothelioma that manifests itself in two different cell types. Other types of cells are lymphohistiocytoid and desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma.