Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
Asbestos
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
Pleural mesothelioma
Risk factors
Tumor cytoreductive surgery
Journal
The American journal of the medical sciences
ISSN: 1538-2990
Titre abrégé: Am J Med Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370506
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2023
01 2023
Historique:
received:
20
10
2021
revised:
14
03
2022
accepted:
22
07
2022
pubmed:
9
8
2022
medline:
4
1
2023
entrez:
8
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, life-threatening malignant tumor. We present a report of a rare case of a 67-year-old male patient with MPM and severe abdominal pain, bloating, and bloody ascites as manifestations. The diagnosis was confirmed by cytology of ascites aspiration fluid and further verified by laparoscopic exploratory biopsy. The characteristics of signs and clinical manifestations in this case are less common. As everyone knows, asbestos exposure is usually associated with pleural mesothelioma, but only 6%-10% of malignant mesothelioma cases originate from the peritoneum, which is far less than pleural mesothelioma. Generally, its non-specificity provides a huge challenge to medical professionals in its diagnosis, and this is also the main reason for delayed diagnosis. Patients should be vigilant, even though no clear risk factor is observed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35940275
pii: S0002-9629(22)00332-9
doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2022.07.008
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Asbestos
1332-21-4
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
99-103Informations de copyright
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