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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Diffuse pulmonary metastasis secondary to primary peritoneal malignant mesothelioma is rarely reported in the literature. In this report we describe a 59-year-old Caucasian women with no known previous asbestos exposure presenting with bilateral diffuse ...
Madeleine Haygarth +5 more
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Single-center retrospective analysis of peritoneal mesothelioma [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuangObjective To explore the diagnosis and treatment experience of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma by analyzing the clinical characteristics of patients with single center peritoneal mesothelioma.
LIU Qi, NIE Muwen, ZHANG Jingqi, LI Ningning, ZHAO Lin
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CT imaging of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 The peritoneal cavity is the second most common location for mesothelioma with only 10.5% of 10,589 mesothelioma cases reported in the United States between 1973 until 2005 and known with poor prognosis.
Agnes Triana Basja, MD +1 more
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Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013 Mesothelioma often originates in the pleura and less frequently in the peritoneum. This article describes a rare case of diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in a 54-year-old male construction worker who was admitted to our hospital with a 2-month ...
Chih-An Shih +4 more
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Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma mimicking ovarian cancer.
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) and peritoneal carcinomatosis have similar computed tomography imaging features. Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a known metastatic site for many malignancies and particularly gastrointestinal tract and ...
Zaynab Iraqi Houssaini, Intern in radiology +7 more
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Changing Pattern in Malignant Mesothelioma Survival
Translational Oncology, 2015 Survival for mesothelioma has been shown to be poor, with marginal improvement over time. Recent advances in the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of mesothelioma may impact therapy to improve survival that may not be evident from available ...
Jennifer Faig +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Life, 2022 Peritoneal tissue is the second most affected site by malignant mesothelioma linked to asbestos exposure. This scoping review aims to summarize the findings of the studies in which asbestos fibers in the peritoneum were quantified by electron microscopy,
Yohama Caraballo-Arias +8 more
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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma as a rare cause of ascites: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008 Introduction Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare tumor with diagnostic and therapeutic problems. The peritoneum is the second most common site for development of mesothelioma, which in 30–45% of cases is associated with a synchronous pleural mesothelioma ...
Ahmed Iftikhar +3 more
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Rare Tumors, 2015 We report a case of KL-6 producing peritoneal malignant mesothelioma. A 56-year-old woman was referred to our hospital on November 2005 with severe abdominal distention.
Saifun Nahar +11 more
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