[A case of malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting as pneumothorax].
The patient was a 51-year-old woman who had no history of asbestos exposure and showed left pneumothorax with a small amount of pleural effusion. On admission to our hospital, she showed clinical and laboratory data similar to that of spontaneous pneumothorax except for a high concentration of hyaluronic acid in pleural fluid. After treatment of pneumothorax, pleural effusion appeared to decrease on chest X-ray. After 3 months, however, pleural effusion again increased, in spite of the improvement of pneumothorax. The patient received open lung biopsy and the histological examination showed mixed type malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Nakazawa
H
H
Department of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Hiraka General Hospital, Yokote, Japan.
Kurosawa
H
H
Nakayama
K
K
Tsuburaya
T
T
Watanabe
H
H
Hayashi
M
M
Matsuoka
T
T
Shimura
S
S
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed