Malignant Sarcomatoid Pleural Mesothelioma Presenting as a Chest Wall Tumor

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm with a median survival of less than 12 months and a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. Malignant pleural mesothelioma is usually a diffuse disease with male predominance and occurs in the 6th to the 7th decade of life. Sixty-nine to 90% of...

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Published inIndian journal of surgery Vol. 85; no. Suppl 2; pp. 548 - 551
Main Authors Reddy, Chemuru Munisekhar, Reddy, H. V. Rajashekara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.10.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cardiac Surgery
Case Report
Case reports
Development and progression
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mesothelioma
Neurosurgery
Pediatric Surgery
Pemetrexed
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Tumors
Chest wall tumor
Pleural tumor
Mesothelioma
Localized malignant pleural mesothelioma
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Summary:Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm with a median survival of less than 12 months and a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. Malignant pleural mesothelioma is usually a diffuse disease with male predominance and occurs in the 6th to the 7th decade of life. Sixty-nine to 90% of the cases have environmental or occupational exposure to asbestos. Localized malignant mesotheliomas are very rare with only a few published case reports. We report a case of a 37-year-old woman, a homemaker, with localized malignant mesothelioma which presented as a chest wall tumor and was managed by a multidisciplinary team approach. The patient is currently 24 months post-op and is doing well with no recurrence.
ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-022-03555-5