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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...

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Autores principales: Tertemiz, Kemal Can, Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin, Gurel, Duygu, Savas, Recep, Gulcu, Aytac, Akkoclu, Atila
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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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
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author Tertemiz, Kemal Can
Ozgen Alpaydin, Aylin
Gurel, Duygu
Savas, Recep
Gulcu, Aytac
Akkoclu, Atila
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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.
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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/).
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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
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