Mesothelial cell proliferation and localized pleural pseudotumour associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
A 9-year-old boy had serological evidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Mycoplasma organisms were cultured from throat swabs. A chest X-ray and computed tomography revealed a localized pleural tumour with pleural fluid containing mesothelial cells. It is suggested that mesothelial cell hyperplasia developed as a "reactive change" following M. pneumoniae infection.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*