Open AccessPleural Mesothelioma with No Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report
Author(s) -
S. Aït Batahar,
Othmane Ouradi,
Safae Elidrissi,
L. Àmro
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21066.8849
Subject(s) - asbestos , medicine , mesothelioma , pleural effusion , pleural thickening , pleural disease , radiology , asbestosis , thoracoscopy , parietal pleura , malignant pleural effusion , pathology , respiratory disease , lung , materials science , metallurgy
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is the primary malignant tumour of the pleura. It is highly aggressive and linked to the exposure to asbestos fibers. The prognosis of this cancer is bad with a median of survival around 12 months. The diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma is often done at an advanced stage of the disease because of the lack of specific clinical and radiological signs differentiating it from any malignant pleural effusion. The absence of an explicit asbestos exposure is another diagnosis problem. We report the case of a 60-year-old patient without any prior exposure to asbestos who presented for pleural effusion and a nodular thickening of the pleura on the CT scan. The diagnosis of MPM was confirmed after pathology study of the biopsies obtained by video assisted thoracoscopy.