Table 3 Asbestos fibers found in lymph nodes (for additional details the readers are referred to the synthesis of the studies in the text)
Reference | Number of subjects / number of samples | Type of tissue analyzed | Type of asbestos exposure | Type of asbestos found (number of samples with/without fibers) | Range of asbestos fibers mfgdta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[21] | 1/1 | Mediastinal lymph node | Occupational | Total (1/0) | 6.4 |
[29] | 3/3 | Hilar lymph node | Occupational | Total (3/0) | 0.1- 9.01 |
[7] | 8/8 | Tracheal lymph node | Occupational | Amphiboles (8/0) | 0.003—1.7 |
Chrysotile (6/2) | Not detected—0.018 | ||||
[34] | 1/1 | Hilar lymph node | Occupational | Crocidolite (1/0) | 7400 |
[8] | 21/21 | Peritracheal lymph node | Unexposed | Amphiboles (13/8) | 0.11—1.7 |
[9] | 1/1 | Hilar lymph node | Environmental (smoker of cigarettes with asbestos in the filters) | Amphiboles (1/0) | 14.32 |
[10] | 11/65 | Thoracic lymph node | Occupational | Chrysotile (3/62) | 0—1.8 |
Amphiboles (59/6) | 0—262.25 | ||||
[11] | 1/1 | Peribronchial lymph node | Occupational | Libby amphiboles (1/0)b | 0.5 |
[16] | 1/1 | Thoracic lymph node | Unexposed | Amphiboles (1/0) | 0.127 |