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Implantation and Monitoring by PET/CT of an Orthotopic Model of Human Pleural Mesothelioma in Athymic Mice
Published on: December 21, 2019
[Correlation of computed tomography imaging and clinical prognosis of pleural mesothelioma]
Huachen Zhu1, Jian Zhou1, Rong Yang1
1Department of Radiology, Affiliated Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Objective:
To explore the value of computed tomography (CT) imaging in clinical diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of pleural mesothelioma.
Methods:
The clinical data and CT features were analyzed retrospectively in 12 pathologically confirmed cases of pleural mesothelioma. And 15 relevant papers were reviewed.
Results:
The major clinical symptoms included chest pain, stuffiness and cough. The chest CT demonstrated diffusive pleural thickening (n = 9), local pleural thickening (n = 3), pleural thickening over 1 cm (n = 10) and concurrent pleural effusion (n = 11).
Conclusion:
Chest CT may help to determine the location, shape, extent of pleural lesion and its relation to surrounding tissues. And it provides objective rationales for the clinical diagnosis and prognostic assessment in patients with pleural mesothelioma.
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