Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax

Malignant mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive tumor arising from the pleura with median survival of approximately 9–12 months. It can rarely present as a spontaneous pneumothorax. Less than 35 cases of malignant mesothelioma presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax have been reported in the litera...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Ashish, Olsen, Diana, Sriram, P. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/374960
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author Prasad, Ashish
Olsen, Diana
Sriram, P. S.
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description Malignant mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive tumor arising from the pleura with median survival of approximately 9–12 months. It can rarely present as a spontaneous pneumothorax. Less than 35 cases of malignant mesothelioma presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax have been reported in the literature. Pathology may show florid mesothelial hyperplasia. We herein report a case of mesothelioma presenting as a pneumothorax that gradually enlarged over a one-year period and also review the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-38078382013-11-06 Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax Prasad, Ashish Olsen, Diana Sriram, P. S. Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Malignant mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive tumor arising from the pleura with median survival of approximately 9–12 months. It can rarely present as a spontaneous pneumothorax. Less than 35 cases of malignant mesothelioma presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax have been reported in the literature. Pathology may show florid mesothelial hyperplasia. We herein report a case of mesothelioma presenting as a pneumothorax that gradually enlarged over a one-year period and also review the relevant literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3807838/ /pubmed/24198994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/374960 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ashish Prasad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax
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title_full Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax
title_fullStr Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax
title_full_unstemmed Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax
title_short Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting as a Gradually Enlarging Pneumothorax
title_sort malignant mesothelioma presenting as a gradually enlarging pneumothorax
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/374960
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