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Multicystic Benign Cystic Mesothelioma Presenting as a Pelvic Mass

Background. Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is a rare tumor that arises from the abdominal peritoneum with a predilection to the pelvic peritoneum. For this reason, it can often mimic gynecologic malignancies. Case. A 47-year-old perimenopausal female presented reporting several weeks of abdominal...

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Autores principales: Momeni, Mazdak, Pereira, Elena, Grigoryan, Gennadiy, Zakashansky, Konstantin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/852583
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author Momeni, Mazdak
Pereira, Elena
Grigoryan, Gennadiy
Zakashansky, Konstantin
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description Background. Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is a rare tumor that arises from the abdominal peritoneum with a predilection to the pelvic peritoneum. For this reason, it can often mimic gynecologic malignancies. Case. A 47-year-old perimenopausal female presented reporting several weeks of abdominal distention associated with abdominal tenderness and constipation. Computed tomography revealed a 24 cm multiloculated pelvic mass, and tumor markers were notable for an elevated CA-125. The patient was taken to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingoophorectomy, and removal of pelvic mass. Final pathologic evaluation revealed a benign cystic mesothelioma. Conclusion. Classically these tumors present as large multicystic masses with thin-walled septations and on preoperative evaluation BCM can mimic many different disease entities including ovarian malignancies and cystic lymphangioma. Often diagnosis can only be made at time of surgery.
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spelling pubmed-39702472014-04-08 Multicystic Benign Cystic Mesothelioma Presenting as a Pelvic Mass Momeni, Mazdak Pereira, Elena Grigoryan, Gennadiy Zakashansky, Konstantin Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Background. Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is a rare tumor that arises from the abdominal peritoneum with a predilection to the pelvic peritoneum. For this reason, it can often mimic gynecologic malignancies. Case. A 47-year-old perimenopausal female presented reporting several weeks of abdominal distention associated with abdominal tenderness and constipation. Computed tomography revealed a 24 cm multiloculated pelvic mass, and tumor markers were notable for an elevated CA-125. The patient was taken to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingoophorectomy, and removal of pelvic mass. Final pathologic evaluation revealed a benign cystic mesothelioma. Conclusion. Classically these tumors present as large multicystic masses with thin-walled septations and on preoperative evaluation BCM can mimic many different disease entities including ovarian malignancies and cystic lymphangioma. Often diagnosis can only be made at time of surgery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3970247/ /pubmed/24716035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/852583 Text en Copyright © 2014 Mazdak Momeni 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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Zakashansky, Konstantin
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title_full Multicystic Benign Cystic Mesothelioma Presenting as a Pelvic Mass
title_fullStr Multicystic Benign Cystic Mesothelioma Presenting as a Pelvic Mass
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title_short Multicystic Benign Cystic Mesothelioma Presenting as a Pelvic Mass
title_sort multicystic benign cystic mesothelioma presenting as a pelvic mass
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/852583
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