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Successful treatment of simultaneous malignant pleural mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma: A case report
Oncology Letters 2024 February 15 [Link] Yuki Amakusa, Tatsuro Suzuki, Yu Hikosaka, Masaya Takemura, Tetsuya Oguri Abstract The present report described the case of a 74-year-old male patient with asbestos exposure whose chest computed tomography revealed a right lower lobe nodule and right pleural effusion. Pleural biopsy led to the diagnosis of epithelial malignant pleural…
Read MoreExtensive Skeletal Muscle Metastases in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Detected by FDG PET/CT
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2023 December 4 [Link] Mustafa Yilmaz, Ozan Kandemir, Ediz Tutar Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but aggressive tumor originating from pleural mesothelial cells. Distant skeletal muscle metastasis is rare in MPM. A 54-year-old woman was diagnosed with epithelioid MPM and treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy 2…
Read MoreDiagnostic value of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in ovarian malignant mesothelioma
BMC Medial Imaging 2023 December 14 [Link] Hai-Tao Wang, Ai-Jing Li, Ji-Yong Gao, Liang-Jiong Wang, Yu-Tao Wang, Wen-Ying Yu, Jian Zhang Abstract Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in ovarian malignant mesothelioma (OMM). Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 10 pathologically-confirmed OMM patients were analyzed…
Read MoreCase Report: Early diagnosis and bevacizumab-based chemotherapy for primary pericardial mesothelioma: a case with occupational asbestos exposure history
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2023 November 20 [Link] Daniel Wang, Yung Hsuan Wang, Sung Chao Chu Abstract Background: Primary pericardial mesothelioma (PPM) is an exceedingly rare malignant cancer and has a poor prognosis, which has been partly attributed to its frequently delayed diagnosis due to its nonspecific syndromes, its similar presentation to benign pericardial diseases,…
Read MoreCo-existing pericardial and pleural malignant mesothelioma responding well to nedaplatin and pemetrexed: a case report
AME Case Reports 2023 August 3 [Link] Mindan Wu, Zhixuan Li, Junfu Cai, Xianyang Zhong, Wenchuan Zheng, Shuhan Wu, Maohuang Lin, Qichuan Zhang Abstract Background: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare cancer with poor prognosis. It is less common that two serosal cavities are involved when the patient seeks medical attention firstly. The current first-line…
Read MoreGelatinous Pleural Effusion: A Diagnostic Challenge for Pleural Mesothelioma in an 80-Year-Old Man
American Journal of Case Reports 2023 October 4 [Link] Ali M Ibnian, Obaid Ullah Khan, Richard Chan, Umesh Bangalore Lakshminarayana, Fasiha Kiran, Sarah Abed, Rahim Abbas, Ahsan Amir, Noran K Al-Kofahi Abstract BACKGROUND Gelatinous pleural effusion, due to raised hyaluronic acid, can be associated with pleural infection and malignancies, such as tuberculosis, metastatic pleural disease,…
Read MoreDetermining the clinical utility of a breath test for screening an asbestos-exposed population for pleural mesothelioma: baseline results
Journal of Breath Research 2023 September 21 [Link] Kathleen Zwijsen, Eline Schillebeeckx, Eline Janssens, Joris Van Cleemput, Tom Richart, Veerle F Surmont, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Elly Marcq, Jan P van Meerbeeck, Kevin Lamote Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive cancer of the serosal lining of the thoracic cavity, predominantly caused by asbestos exposure. Due to…
Read MoreExtrathoracic Metastases in Pleural Mesothelioma
JTO Clinical and Research Reports 2023 August 2 [Link] Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, Beow Y Yeap, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Subba R Digumarthy Abstract Introduction: Guidelines recommend obtaining a computed tomography scan of the chest for the staging of pleural mesothelioma and for assessing response to treatment. Consensus is lacking regarding the necessity of serial imaging of distant extrathoracic…
Read MorePrognosis prediction of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma using conditional variational autoencoder on 3D PET images and clinical data
Medical Physics 2023 August 31 [Link] Hidetoshi Matsuo, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Atsushi K Kono, Kozo Kuribayashi, Takashi Kijima, Masaki Hashimoto, Seiki Hasegawa, Koichiro Yamakado, Takamichi Murakami Abstract Background: Deep learning (DL) has been widely used for diagnosis and prognosis prediction of numerous frequently occurring diseases. Generally, DL models require large datasets to perform accurate and reliable…
Read MoreA rare presentation of malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis managed with immunotherapy and review of the literature
Clinical Case Reports 2023 June 22 [Link] Kritika Mishra, Shihab Siddiquee, Anna Rachelle Mislang Abstract Key clinical message: We describe the first case in literature of malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis that has shown partial response to systemic immunotherapy (ipilimumab-nivolumab) post orchiectomy, warranting further investigation in a trial setting. Abstract: We present a case…
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