[Multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma is an uncommon lesion that is most often discovered incidentally]
Hanne Christensen1, Marianne Waldstrøm
1Herluf Trolles Vej 233B, DK-5220 Odense SØ. hanne.christensen@dadlnet.dk.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|April 10, 2008
Abstract:
Symptoms are unusual. The lesion is benign with a favourable prognosis but local recurrence is reported not to be rare, and in a few cases malignant transformation has been described.
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