Malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting with remitting–relapsing pleural effusions: report of two cases | Zendy

Muruganandan Sanjeevan | Zendy; Fitzgerald Deirdre Brigid | Zendy; Lee Y C Gary | Zendy

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Malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting with remitting–relapsing pleural effusions: report of two cases

Author(s) -

Muruganandan Sanjeevan,

Fitzgerald Deirdre Brigid,

Lee Y C Gary

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

respirology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2051-3380

DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.306

Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pleural effusion , mesothelioma , context (archaeology) , malignant pleural effusion , radiology , effusion , pathology , surgery , paleontology , biology

Malignant effusions are typically persistent and progressive. Spontaneously resolving effusions are commonly presumed to be benign. We present two cases in which the presenting pleural effusion spontaneously resolved but recurred, leading to further investigations that revealed an underlying malignant pleural epithelioid mesothelioma.

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