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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma after cholangiography with thorotrast
Author(s) -
Maurer Robert,
Egloff Bruno
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197510)36:4<1381::aid-cncr2820360429>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - thorotrast , medicine , peritoneal mesothelioma , hydronephrosis , cholangiography , peritoneal cavity , mesothelioma , percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography , thorium dioxide , radiology , pathology , surgery , urinary system , chemistry , nuclear chemistry
Reported is a 59‐year‐old patient, who died of a peritoneal mesothelioma 36 years after contamination with thorotrast of the peritoneal cavity during cholangiography at cholecystectomy. Eleven years before death, the right kidney had to be removed for hydronephrosis due to fibrous stenosis of the pyeloureteral junction, because of thorium dioxide deposits.