胸膜间皮瘤是少见肿瘤之一。Wagner(1870)首先描写1例,称“结节状淋巴腺瘤”。由于肿瘤在大体及镜下形态复杂多变,后来报告中命名极度混乱,据 Krumbein统计,不同名称达30种,较常用的有内皮瘤、内皮癌、癌、肉瘤、癌肉瘤及间皮瘤等;大致可见作者对本病起源见解不同。Klemperer 等(1931)复习文献,并将 Pleural mesothelioma is one of the rare tumors. Wagner (1870) first described 1 case and called “nodular lymphoma.” Due to the complex and changeable morphology of tumors in general and in the microscopic form, the report was later named as extremely confusing. According to the Krumbein statistics, there are 30 different names. The more commonly used tumors are endothelial, endothelial, carcinoma, sarcoma, carcinosarcoma, and mesothelioma. It is generally seen that the author has different opinions on the origin of the disease. Klemperer et al. (1931) reviewed the literature and