Open AccessDesmoplastic Malignant Mesothelioma
Author(s) -
Ayşe Baççıoğlu,
Erkan Kaba,
Sevilay Özmen,
Münir Demirci
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31828e1aa2
Subject(s) - medicine , mesothelioma , cytokeratin , carcinoembryonic antigen , pathology , biopsy , histopathology , calretinin , radiology , immunohistochemistry , cancer
Desmoplastic mesothelioma is a rare subtype of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. A 72-year-old woman from East Anatolia presented with chest pain. The images of body positron emission tomography revealed irregular, left pleural thickening involving mediastinal and diaphragmatic surfaces with hypermetabolic characterization. The diagnosis of desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma was confirmed by minithoracotomy and immunohistochemical staining with pan-cytokeratin, cytokeratin 5/6, calretinin, carcinoembryonic antigen, thyroid transcription factor-1, CD15, and HMB-45 on the biopsy specimen. This case is unique in terms of the reporting patient being from a nonendemic area for asbestos-related diseases and in terms of its rare histopathology.