The largest hyperbaric chamber ever built opened for business in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1920s. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , a 1988 feature-length film directed by Terry Gilliam, with Robin Williams as King of the Moon. The Baron and Me , an historical novel by Italo Calvino. Malignant mesothelioma is commonly related to remote asbestos exposure and is not statistically associated with smoking history. Asbestosis greatly increases the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers.
Lung cancer related to asbestos has no particular histologic predilection.
Patients can have asbestosis on pathologic exam of tissue that doesn't show up on chest x-ray.