Cargando…
Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma
INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a malignant of mesodermal neoplasm and arises from multipotential mesothelial or subserosal cells of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum. CASE: A seventy five year-old male patient was admitted with chest and lower limb pain. He was a heavy sm...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Elsevier
2014
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.07.003 |
_version_ | 1782346501074190336 |
---|---|
author | Tertemiz, Kemal Can Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin Gurel, Duygu Savas, Recep Gulcu, Aytac Akkoclu, Atila |
author_facet | Tertemiz, Kemal Can Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin Gurel, Duygu Savas, Recep Gulcu, Aytac Akkoclu, Atila |
author_sort | Tertemiz, Kemal Can |
collection | PubMed |
description | INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a malignant of mesodermal neoplasm and arises from multipotential mesothelial or subserosal cells of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum. CASE: A seventy five year-old male patient was admitted with chest and lower limb pain. He was a heavy smoker and exposed to environmental asbestos in his childhood. PET-CT scans showed multiple pathological FDG uptakes in lungs and other organs. Biopsies performed from lung and anterior thigh muscles were reported as epitheloid type malignant pleural mesothelioma. DISCUSSION: We emphasize that unexpected distant metastases can be observed in MPM and occasionally primary diagnosis can be determined by the biopsy of the metastatic regions. This case also points out the role of PET-CT in the staging of malign mesothelioma by determining different metastatic sites. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-4246255 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2014 |
publisher | Elsevier |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-42462552014-12-03 Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma Tertemiz, Kemal Can Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin Gurel, Duygu Savas, Recep Gulcu, Aytac Akkoclu, Atila Respir Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a malignant of mesodermal neoplasm and arises from multipotential mesothelial or subserosal cells of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum. CASE: A seventy five year-old male patient was admitted with chest and lower limb pain. He was a heavy smoker and exposed to environmental asbestos in his childhood. PET-CT scans showed multiple pathological FDG uptakes in lungs and other organs. Biopsies performed from lung and anterior thigh muscles were reported as epitheloid type malignant pleural mesothelioma. DISCUSSION: We emphasize that unexpected distant metastases can be observed in MPM and occasionally primary diagnosis can be determined by the biopsy of the metastatic regions. This case also points out the role of PET-CT in the staging of malign mesothelioma by determining different metastatic sites. Elsevier 2014-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4246255/ /pubmed/26029551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.07.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tertemiz, Kemal Can Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin Gurel, Duygu Savas, Recep Gulcu, Aytac Akkoclu, Atila Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title | Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title_full | Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title_fullStr | Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title_short | Multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
title_sort | multiple distant metastases in a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.07.003 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT tertemizkemalcan multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma AT ozgenalpaydinaylin multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma AT gurelduygu multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma AT savasrecep multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma AT gulcuaytac multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma AT akkocluatila multipledistantmetastasesinacaseofmalignantpleuralmesothelioma |