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Several types of surgeries exist for treating mesothelioma. A pleurectomy removes part of the chest or abdominal lining and the surrounding tissue. Physicians most often use the pleurectomy as a palliative procedure to relieve pain and prevent pleural effusion, or the build-up of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity.

Peritoneal mesothelioma is also known as abdominal mesothelioma. In simple words, peritoneal mesothelioma relates to cancer of the lining of abdomen and other abdominal structures. It is also the least common type of mesothelioma and occurs only in 30% to 35% of diagnosed cases in 100 to 500 cases normally. The cells of the mesothelium create fluid, but the cancer causes them to overproduce and this creates a lot of fluid causing infection in the abdominal cavity.

Signs and symptoms of mesothelioma depend upon the area of the body which is infected. Pleural mesothelioma or cancer of the lining of the lungs and chest cavity often produce shortness of breath, cough, fever, pain in the lower back, trouble swallowing, and unexplained weight loss and tiredness.