Roguin A, Ben-Shahar M, Ben-Dror G, Cohen I, Hazani E
Dept. of Medicine A, Western Galilee Regional Hospital, Nahariya and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa.
Harefuah. 1994 Jun 15;126(12):702-4, 764.
Malignant mesothelioma is primarily an occupational disease of asbestos workers. While there is usually a latent period of 20-40 years between exposure and appearance of the tumor, the duration of exposure may be as short as a single month. Rarely, it may appear in family members and others living with asbestos workers who might be exposed to asbestos from work clothes during laundering, or from fibers on the skin or hair of the asbestos worker. Attention should therefore be paid to those with nonoccupational contact with asbestos. We report 2 cases of pleural mesothelioma in families of asbestos workers. In both cases the laundering of work clothes was done at home. The first was a 33-year-old man; during his childhood his father worked with asbestos boards for 5 years. The second was a 76-year-old woman whose husband worked in an asbestos factory for 32 years, up to 18 years before diagnosis.
恶性间皮瘤主要是石棉工人的职业病。虽然从接触石棉到肿瘤出现通常有20至40年的潜伏期，但接触时间可能短至仅一个月。极少数情况下，它可能出现在石棉工人的家庭成员及其他与石棉工人共同生活的人身上，这些人可能在清洗工作服时接触到工作服上的石棉，或者接触到石棉工人皮肤或头发上的纤维。因此，应关注那些与石棉有非职业接触的人。我们报告了2例石棉工人家庭中的胸膜间皮瘤病例。在这两例中，工作服都是在家中清洗的。第一例是一名33岁男子；在他童年时，他的父亲从事石棉板工作5年。第二例是一名76岁女性，其丈夫在石棉厂工作32年，直至诊断前18年。
