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Malignant pericardial mesothelioma

Author(s) -

Motoki Sakuraba,

Takahiro Tatsumori,

Michihiro Hirama,

Kanako Ogura

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.06.010

Subject(s) - pericardium , medicine , mesothelioma , chest pain , pericarditis , radiology , asbestos , computed tomography , pericardial effusion , surgery , pathology , materials science , metallurgy

A 72-year-old female, who had no asbestos exposure, felt chest pain. She was diagnosed with pericarditis. After 6 months, a follow-up chest computed tomography (CT) showed a thickened pericardium (Fig. 1(A) and (B)) and a positron emission tomography (PET) scan was positive along the pericardium (Fig. 1(C)). An open pericardial biopsy proved malignant pericardial mesothelioma (Fig. 2). www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 39 (2011) 420

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