When the doctor listens to the patient�s chest with a stethoscope normal breath sounds are muted and tapping on the chest will reveal dull rather than hollow sounds. Some patients may experience a dry cough. Sometimes resembling viral pneumonia pleural mesothelioma patients may present with shortness of breath chest pain andor persistent cough some patients show no symptoms at all. A transudate is a clear fluid that forms not because the pleural surfaces are diseased but because of an imbalance between the normal production and removal of the fluid. Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma may include pain or swelling in the abdomen due to a build up of fluid nausea weight loss bowel obstruction anemia or swelling of the feet. The early symptoms of mesothelioma are generally non specific and may lead to a delay in diagnosis.
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