title: Occurrence of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma after surgery and irradiation for cervical cancer.
abstract: Mesothelioma of the peritoneal cavity after irradiation is rare, and the diagnosis is sometimes difficult to establish. The following case is a report of a mesothelioma occurring 9 years after radiation therapy for carcinoma of the cervix. In this patient, who had a hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy 7 years prior to the mesothelioma diagnosis, the histologic, histochemical, and ultrastructural findings were all consistent with a diagnosis of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. It is believed that this case is one of the first well-documented cases of peritoneal mesothelioma in a female who was treated by pelvic irradiation for another neoplasm.
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery