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Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing?
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive cancer of the pleura with a well-established male predominance and causative link with asbestos exposure. We report four cases of female patients with MPM referred for palliation of symptoms thought to be due to previous non-pleural maligna...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1636046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17078889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-1-39 |
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author | Drain, Andrew J Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh Shah, Amit K Rassl, D Ritchie, Andrew J |
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description | Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive cancer of the pleura with a well-established male predominance and causative link with asbestos exposure. We report four cases of female patients with MPM referred for palliation of symptoms thought to be due to previous non-pleural malignancy. With emerging novel treatments for MPM, this article discusses four unusual cases of MPM occurring in the setting of other malignancy, highlights the importance of considering a primary diagnosis of MPM even in patients with other malignancy, and reinforces the benefits of video-assisted surgical biopsy which allows simultaneous diagnosis and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-16360462006-11-15 Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? Drain, Andrew J Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh Shah, Amit K Rassl, D Ritchie, Andrew J J Cardiothorac Surg Case Report Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive cancer of the pleura with a well-established male predominance and causative link with asbestos exposure. We report four cases of female patients with MPM referred for palliation of symptoms thought to be due to previous non-pleural malignancy. With emerging novel treatments for MPM, this article discusses four unusual cases of MPM occurring in the setting of other malignancy, highlights the importance of considering a primary diagnosis of MPM even in patients with other malignancy, and reinforces the benefits of video-assisted surgical biopsy which allows simultaneous diagnosis and treatment. BioMed Central 2006-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC1636046/ /pubmed/17078889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-1-39 Text en Copyright © 2006 Drain et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Drain, Andrew J Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh Shah, Amit K Rassl, D Ritchie, Andrew J Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title | Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title_full | Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title_fullStr | Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title_full_unstemmed | Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title_short | Mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
title_sort | mesothelioma with non-pleural malignancy: a red herring or just an uncommon pairing? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1636046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17078889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-1-39 |
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