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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma after remote abdominal radiation
Author(s) -
Gilks B.,
Hegedus C.,
Freeman H.,
Fratkin L.,
Churg A.
Publication year - 1988
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(19880515)61:10<2019::aid-cncr2820611015>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - medicine , mesothelioma , peritoneal mesothelioma , asbestos , abdomen , radiation therapy , seminoma , peritoneum , radiology , surgery , pathology , chemotherapy , materials science , metallurgy
Peritoneal mesothelioma in a 61‐year‐old man, occurred 26 years after abdominal radiotherapy for a testicular seminoma. The patient had no history of asbestos exposure. After asbestos, radiation is the second most frequent defined cause of mesothelioma in North America, but the number of well‐documented cases is small; this case represents only the fifth example of peritoneal mesothelioma after therapeutic irradiation of the abdomen.