An unusual cause of an anterior mediastinal mass

Mesothelioma is a rare tumour and its radiological growth pattern varies. We report the case of a biopsy proven Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass in a platinum miner. The prognosis for this aggressive tumour remains poor, despite combination treatment mo...

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Autores principales: Hassan, I., Goolam-Mahomed, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.12.004
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description Mesothelioma is a rare tumour and its radiological growth pattern varies. We report the case of a biopsy proven Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass in a platinum miner. The prognosis for this aggressive tumour remains poor, despite combination treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-40614192014-10-15 An unusual cause of an anterior mediastinal mass Hassan, I. Goolam-Mahomed, A. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Mesothelioma is a rare tumour and its radiological growth pattern varies. We report the case of a biopsy proven Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass in a platinum miner. The prognosis for this aggressive tumour remains poor, despite combination treatment modalities. Elsevier 2014-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4061419/ /pubmed/26029542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.12.004 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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