Rapidly progressive sarcomatoid malignant mesothelioma of the pleura mimicking pulmonary empyema

Refractory empyema occasionally reflects hidden malignant disease. We presented a rare case of rapidly progressive malignant mesothelioma of the pleura (MPM) mimicking empyema. Physicians should be aware of MPM when patients with empyema are refractory to the standard treatment, and PET-CT may be he...

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Autores principales: Fujita, Kohei, Kim, Young Hak, Nakatani, Koichi, Mio, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.371

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.371

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