Giant benign mesothelioma.
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.
Watts
D M
DM
Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.
Jones
G P
GP
Bowman
G A
GA
Olsen
J D
JD
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*