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Published on: April 21, 2022
Deciduoid pleural mesothelioma--a rare entity in a young woman
C Santos1, F Gamboa, F Fradinho
1Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. claudiaraimundo80@gmail.com
Abstract:
Deciduoid Mesothelioma is a rare variant of epithelioid mesothelioma; it was initially thought that it only occurred in the peritoneum of young women and had nothing to do with asbestos exposure. However, since these early findings it has also been observed in the pleura and the pericardium, with possible association to asbestos. In general the prognosis is poor compared to epithelioid mesothelioma. 45 cases have been reported in the literature up to now, 22 of these were located in the pleural cavity. The authors describe a case of deciduoid pleural mesothelioma in a 40-year-old-woman who presented with right pleuritic chest pain, with no history of asbestos exposure, treated with chemotherapy followed by surgery and who died postoperatively.
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