Symptoms of mesothelioma

Symptoms vary depending on location.

Pleural mesothelioma symptoms:

• Dry cough.
• Pain while coughing.
• Discomfort when breathing.
• Chest pain beneath the rib cage.
• Shortness of breath.
• Unexplained weight loss.
• Unusual lumps of tissue under the skin on your chest.

Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms:

• A change in your bowel habits, including frequent constipation or diarrhea.
• Abdominal pain.
• Abdominal swelling.
• Lumps in the abdomen.
• Unexplained weight loss.

Little is known about the symptoms of the pericardial and tunica vaginalis types of mesothelioma because they are so rare.