title: Giant benign mesothelioma.
abstract: Pleural mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm that is usually highly malignant, but benign mesotheliomas do occur; approximately 400 cases are described in the literature. We report the case of a young woman with a massive benign mesothelioma that filled the entire left hemithorax but was successfully resected with full reexpansion of the lung.
authors: Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Watts
authors: G P
authors: GP
authors: Jones
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Bowman
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*