Giant Benign Mesothelioma

Pleural mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm that is usually highly malignant, but benign mesotheliomas do occur; approximately 400 cases are described in the literature. We report the case of a young woman with a massive benign mesothelioma that filled the entire left hemithorax but was successfully res...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 590 - 591
Main Authors Watts, David M., Jones, Gary P., Bowman, Greg A., Olsen, John D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.1989
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Mesothelioma - pathology
Mesothelioma - surgery
Pleural Neoplasms - pathology
Pleural Neoplasms - surgery
Pneumology
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
Case study
Human
Symptomatology
Benign mesothelioma
Treatment
Respiratory disease
Tumor
Diagnosis
Benign neoplasm
Pleura
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Summary:Pleural mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm that is usually highly malignant, but benign mesotheliomas do occur; approximately 400 cases are described in the literature. We report the case of a young woman with a massive benign mesothelioma that filled the entire left hemithorax but was successfully resected with full reexpansion of the lung.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(10)66873-7