Extrapleural pneumonectomy plus rib resection for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report

We report a case of a 58-year-old Japanese man with epithelioid-type MPM, with a left chest wall protruding tumor, who underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy and chest wall resection. Postsurgical pathology showed that surgical margins were free of mesothelioma cells. Positron emission tomography take...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yamashita, Yoshinori, Harada, Hiroaki, Mukaida, Hidenori, Kaneko, Mayumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0176-7
Descripción
Sumario:We report a case of a 58-year-old Japanese man with epithelioid-type MPM, with a left chest wall protruding tumor, who underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy and chest wall resection. Postsurgical pathology showed that surgical margins were free of mesothelioma cells. Positron emission tomography taken 5 years after surgery showed no recurrence at any site, suggesting that long-term survival could be dependent on margin-free tumor resection or that specific MPM subgroups have lower malignant potential, leading to improved survival. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13019-014-0176-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Ejemplares similares