[Computerized tomography in a case of malignant mesothelioma with atypical clinical manifestations].
A case of pleural mesothelioma spread by its contiguity with the left retrocavitary region causing pain in the homolateral half of the abdomen is described in a subject who had received a rib injury several months earlier. Instrumental examinations revealed pleural lesions with effusion and a left paravertebral mass.
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U.S.S.L. n. 47, Ospedale degli Infermi, Biella (Vercelli).
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Contributo della tomografia computerizzata in un caso di mesotelioma maligno con manifestazioni cliniche atipiche.