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Detecting germline BAP1 mutations in patients with peritoneal mesothelioma: benefits to patient and family members [PDF]

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Germline mutations in the BRCA-1 associated tumor protein 1 (BAP1) increase susceptibility to mesothelioma and other cancers. We describe a patient with a family history of peritoneal mesothelioma, who developed malignant peritoneal mesothelioma at age ...
Muaiad Kittaneh, Charles Berkelhammer
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Long Road to Identifying Peritoneal Mesothelioma: An Elusive Diagnosis. [PDF]

Cureus
Konduru TS, Gourisaria G, Ozen G, Karunakaran Thozhuthumparambil P.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Peritoneal mesothelioma

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2010
A 59-year-old building surveyor presented with a 2-month history of lethargy and abdominal swelling. There was no associated abdominal pain, change in bowel habit or jaundice. There was no significant past medical history. His alcohol intake was approximately 60 units per week.
James, Berrill, Hasan, Haboubi, Paul, Duane   +2 more
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Medical-type peritoneal mesothelioma leading to death two months after onset of fever of unknown origin

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
In malignant mesotheliomas, cases involving the peritoneum as the primary site are rare, accounting for approximately 10% of all mesothelioma cases. We report a case of medical-type peritoneal mesothelioma leading to death 2 months after the onset of ...
Kosuke Ishizuka, MD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD, Makoto Arai, MD, PhD, Junichiro Ikeda, MD, PhD, Yuta Hirose, MD, PhD, Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD   +5 more
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Bilateral Pleural Mesothelioma In Situ and Peritoneal Mesothelioma In Situ Associated With BAP1 Germline Mutation: A Case Report

JTO Clinical and Research Reports, 2022
Mesothelioma in situ is a recently described precursor to invasive mesothelioma. Thus far, all cases in the literature have involved one pleural cavity or the peritoneal cavity. We describe a patient with biopsy-proven mesothelioma in situ involving both
Alyssa MacLean, MD, Andrew Churg, MD, PhD, Scott Thomas Johnson, MD, MSc, FRCSC   +2 more
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Ocular melanoma in a patient successfully treated for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012
Background Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and ocular melanoma are both rare tumors. To the best of our knowledge there is only one previous report of three cases in a family with known susceptibility to malignancies associating diffuse ...
Langlais Sara, Velazquez-Martin Juan, Dubé Pierre, Simpson Ernest, Leblanc Guy, Sideris Lucas   +5 more
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Malignant Peritoneum Mesothelioma with Hepatic Involvement: A Single Institution Experience in 5 Patients and Review of the Literature

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma with invasion of the liver is an invariably fatal disease. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma cases with liver involvement. The clinical presentation, computed tomography images,
Shan-shan Su, Guo-qi Zheng, Ya-gang Liu, Yue-feng Chen, Zhao-wei Song, Shu-jing Yu, Ning-ning Sun, Yu-xin Yang   +7 more
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Factors influencing malignant mesothelioma survival: a retrospective review of the National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank cohort [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2018
Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare but deadly malignancy with about 3,000 new cases being diagnosed each year in the US.  Very few studies have been performed to analyze factors associated with mesothelioma survival, especially for ...
Waqas Amin, Faina Linkov, Douglas P. Landsittel, Jonathan C. Silverstein, Michael J. Becich   +4 more
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Factors influencing malignant mesothelioma survival: a retrospective review of the National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank cohort [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2019
Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare but deadly malignancy with about 3,000 new cases being diagnosed each year in the US.  Very few studies have been performed to analyze factors associated with mesothelioma survival, especially for ...
Waqas Amin, Faina Linkov, Douglas P. Landsittel, Jonathan C. Silverstein, Wiam Bashara, Carmelo Gaudioso, Michael D. Feldman, Harvey I. Pass, Jonathan Melamed, Joseph S. Friedberg, Michael J. Becich   +10 more
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Desmoid-type fibromatosis in the setting of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report of two rare diseases

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022
Background Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) is a rare benign lesion that usually arises from the abdominal wall or extremities and rarely from the mesentery or intrabdominal organs. Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is also a rare, yet aggressive disease.
Stephanie N. Gregory, Audra A. Satterwhite, H. Richard Alexander, Andrew M. Blakely   +3 more
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