Table 4.
Studies which assessed the content of asbestos fibers in the kidney .
| Asbestos Fibers (mfgdt)* | Type of Asbestos (N Samples With/ Without Fibers) | Asbestos Exposure | Type of Tissue Analyzed | N° of Subjects/n° of Samples | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND – 18.23 | Chrysotile (1/3) | Unexposed | Cortex (normal kidney) | 4/4 | Patel-Mandlik, [16] |
| ND – 3.14 | Chrysotile (2/2) | Unexposed | Medulla (normal kidney) | 4/4 | |
| Only one value (1.60) | Chrysotile (1/0) | Unexposed | Cortex and medulla pool (normal kidney) | 1/1 | |
| Only one value (24.55) | Chrysotile (1/0) | Unexposed | Cortex (cancerous kidney-tumor area) | 1/1 | |
| 1.10–20.41 | Chrysotile (3/0) | Unexposed | Cortex (cancerous kidney-non tumor area) | 3/3 | |
| 0.74–86.91 | Chrysotile (2/0) | Unexposed | Medulla (cancerous kidney-tumor area) | 2/2 | |
| 1.27–47.92 | Chrysotile (2/0) | Unexposed | Medulla (cancerous kidney-non tumor area) | 2/2 | |
| 3.90–16.16 | Chrysotile (2/0) | Unexposed | Cortex and medulla pool (cancerous kidney-tumor area) | 2/2 | |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Unexposed | Cortex and medulla pool (cancerous kidney-non tumor area) | 1/1 | |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Unexposed | Cortex (special-normal kidney) | 1/1 | |
| Only one value (17.63) | Chrysotile (1/0) | Unexposed | Medulla (special-normal kidney) | 1/1 | |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Occupational | Medulla (cancerous kidney-tumor area) | 1/1 | |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Occupational | Cortex and medulla pool (cancerous kidney-non tumor area) | 1/1 | |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Unexposed | Kidney | 1/1 | Huang [9] |
| Only one value (12.5) | Total (1/0) | Occupational | Kidney | 1/1 | |
| Only one value (0.47) | Amphiboles (1/0) | Possible (occupational) | Kidney | 1/1 | |
| Only one value (30) | Crocidolite (1/0) | Occupational | Kidney cortex | 1/1 | Tossavainen et al., [17] |
| ND-0.2 | Amphiboles (1/1) | Occupational | Kidney | 2/2 | Pollice et al., [14] |
| ND | Total (0/1) | Unexposed | Kidney | 1/1 |
ND: Not detectable